1954 Shoreditch and Finsbury by-election

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The 1954 Shoreditch and Finsbury by-election was held on 21 October 1954 after the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Ernest Thurtle. It was retained by the Labour candidate, Victor Collins.{{Cite web |url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Scommons3.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=3 September 2014 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008224720/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Scommons3.htm |archive-date=8 October 2018 }}

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|title=Shoreditch and Finsbury by-election, 1954: Shoreditch and Finsbury{{cite web|url=http://by-elections.co.uk/54.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204032418/http://by-elections.co.uk/54.html|title=1954 By Election Results|archive-date=2012-02-04|url-status=dead|access-date=2015-08-14}}

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Victor Collins

|votes = 18,082

|percentage = 78.19

|change = +5.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Malcolm Bowden Agnew

|votes = 5,043

|percentage = 21.81

|change = -5.6

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 13,039

|percentage = 56.38

|change = +11.3

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 23,125

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|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

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