The Shoreditch and Finsbury by-election 1958 was a parliamentary

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for the Shoreditch and Finsbury constituency held on 27 November 1958. The by-election was held following the conferment of a

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for Victor Collins. It was a

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hold. Until the 1999 Leeds Central by-election, the turnout was the lowest in post-war history.

Result

Previous result

References

United Kingdom elections, 1955
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