1953 Ormskirk by-election

UK parliamentary by-election October 2014 October 2014 The 1953 Ormskirk by-election of 12 November 1953 was held after the elevation to the Peerage of Conservative MP Arthur Salter. The seat was safe, having been won at the 1951 United Kingdom general election by almost 14,000 votes https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204433/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge51/i16.htm 3 March 2016 PoliticsResources.net The seat was held by the Conservative Party. Result of the previous general election General election 1951: Ormskirk Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Salter 26,759 67.43 +1.16 Labour Party (UK) Ernest Kavanagh 12,908 32.57 -1.16 13,821 34.87 +2.32 39,667 78.68 Conservative Party (UK) Result of the by-election By-election 1953: Ormskirkhttp://by-elections.co.uk/53.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121010071919/http://by-elections.co.uk/53.html 1953 By Election Results 2012-10-10 dead 2015-08-14 Conservative Party (UK) Douglas Glover 17,984 65.41 -2.02 Labour Party (UK) Muriel Ferguson 9,512 34.59 +2.02 8,472 30.76 -4.04 27,496 Conservative Party (UK) References Category:1950s in Lancashire Category:Ormskirk Category:1953 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1953 in England Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Lancashire constituencies By-election, 1953