The Birmingham Small Heath by-election was held on 27 November 1952. It was held due to the death of the incumbent

Labour Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ...

MP,

Fred Longden Fred Longden (23 February 1894 – 5 October 1952) was a British Labour and Co-operative politician. Born and brought up in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, and educated at elementary school, he began work aged 13 as a moulder-apprentice, joinin ...

. It was won by the Labour candidate

William Wheeldon William Edwin Wheeldon (20 February 1898 – 7 October 1960) was a British co-operator and municipal politician from Small Heath Borough Constituency in Birmingham who later became a Member of Parliament. Wheeldon was born in Crewe. After attendi ...

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