1953 North Down by-election
Appearance
The 1953 North Down by-election was held on 15 April 1953.[1] It was held due to the incumbent Ulster Unionist Party MP, Walter Smiles, dying in the sinking of the MV Princess Victoria off the Copeland Islands, in the same storm which caused the North Sea flood of 1953. It was retained by his daughter, Patricia Ford, who was unopposed when she stood as the Unionist candidate.[2] She became the first woman to sit as an Ulster Unionist MP but she stood down in the 1955 general election.
Result
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | Patricia Ford | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
UUP hold |
External links
References
- ^ http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/dnd.htm
- ^ http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/dnd.htm
- ^ "1953 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
Categories:
- 1953 elections in the United Kingdom
- 1953 in Northern Ireland
- By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Down constituencies
- Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Northern Irish constituencies
- 20th century in County Down
- April 1953 events
- 1950s elections in Northern Ireland
- By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Irish constituency stubs