Shoreditch and Finsbury by-election, 1958

The Shoreditch and Finsbury by-election 1958 was a parliamentary by-election for the Shoreditch and Finsbury constituency held on 27 November 1958.

The by-election was held following confirnment of a life peerage for Victor Collins.

It was a Labour hold. Until the Leeds Central by-election, 1999, the turnout was the lowest in post-war history.

Result

Shoreditch and Finsbury by-election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Michael Cliffe	10,215	76.04	+2.59
	Conservative	Thomas Henry Martin Whipham	3,219	23.96	-2.59
Majority			6996	52.08
Turnout			13,434
	Labour hold		Swing

Previous result

General Election 1955: Shoreditch and Finsbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Victor Collins	25,500	73.45
	Conservative	M Agnew	9,216	26.55
Majority			16,284

References

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1956	February: Blaydon Leeds North East Hereford Gainsborough Taunton March: Walthamstow West May: Mid Ulster June: Tonbridge July: Newport September: Chester-le-Street November: City of Chester December: Melton

1957	February: Lewisham North Wednesbury Carmarthen March: Bristol West Warwick and Leamington Beckenham Newcastle-upon-Tyne North May: Edinburgh South East Ham North Hornsey June: North Dorset September: Gloucester October: Ipswich November: Leicester South East December: Liverpool Garston

1958	February: Rochdale March: Glasgow Kelvingrove Torrington May: Islington North June: Argyll Ealing South St Helens Weston-super-Mare Wigan November: Morecambe and Lunesdale Chichester Pontypool East Aberdeenshire Shoreditch and Finsbury

1959	January: Southend West March: Belfast East Harrow East South West Norfolk April: Galloway June: Penistone Whitehaven

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