1953 Abingdon by-election

The 1953 Abingdon by-election was held on 30 June 1953 after the previous MP, Ralph Glyn was elevated to the peerage. It was retained by the Conservatives.

**1953 Abingdon by-election** ^[1] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Airey Neave	22,986	53.24	−2.23
	Labour	Ted Castle	17,126	39.67	−4.86
	Liberal	George R Allen	3,060	7.09	New
Majority			5,860	13.57	+2.64
Turnout			43,172	75.90	−4.06
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.3

References

^ "1953 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2015.

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1952	February: Bournemouth East and Christchurch Southport Leeds South East July: Dundee East October: Cleveland North Antrim November: Belfast South Wycombe Birmingham Small Heath Farnworth
1953	February: Canterbury March: Isle of Thanet Barnsley Stoke-on-Trent North April: Hayes and Harlington North Down Sunderland South June: Abingdon July: Birmingham Edgbaston September: Broxtowe November: Crosby Ormskirk Holborn and St Pancras South December: Paddington North
1954	February: Ilford North Haltemprice Harwich Bournemouth West March: Arundel and Shoreham Harrogate April: Edinburgh East Motherwell September: Croydon East October: Shoreditch and Finsbury Wakefield Aberdare Aldershot November: Morpeth Sutton and Cheam Liverpool West Derby Armagh December: Inverness
1955	January: South Norfolk Orpington Twickenham Edinburgh North February: Stockport South March: Wrexham
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