Broxtowe by-election, 1953

The Broxtowe by-election was held on 17 September 1953. It was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP Seymour Cocks. It was won by the Labour candidate William Warbey.^[1]

By Election 17 September 1953: Broxtowe^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Will Warbey	27,356	74.11	+1.43
	Conservative	AJ Gorman	9,559	25.89	-1.43
Majority			17,797	48.21	+2.85
Turnout			36,915
	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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