Cleveland by-election, 1952

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The 1952 Cleveland by-election was held on 23 October 1952. It was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, George Willey. It was retained by the Labour candidate, Arthur Palmer.

Cleveland by-election, 1952^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Arthur Montague Frank Palmer	25,985
	Conservative	Patrick Henry Bligh Wall	22,064
Majority			3,921
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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