Motherwell by-election, 1954

The 1954 Motherwell by-election was held on 14 April 1954. It was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Alexander Anderson. It was retained by the Labour candidate, George Lawson.

Motherwell by-election, 1954
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Lawson	19,163	56.4	- 0.8
	Unionist	N. A. Sloan	13,334	39.3	- 3.5
	Communist	John Gollan	1,457	4.3	N/A
Majority			5,829	17.2
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

References

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1952	February: Bournemouth East and Christchurch Southport Leeds South East July: Dundee East October: Cleveland Antrim North November: Belfast South Wycombe Birmingham Small Heath Farnworth

1953	February: Canterbury March: Isle of Thanet Barnsley Stoke-on-Trent North April: Hayes and Harlington Down North 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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