1958 Shoreditch and Finsbury by-election

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 the conferment of a life peerage for Victor Collins.

It was a Labour hold. Until the 1999 Leeds Central by-election, 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	5.18
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	46.90
Turnout			34,716
	Labour hold		Swing

References

• United Kingdom elections, 1955
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages