Parliamentary Fund: North Paddington Bye-election (1953)

Party News from the November 1953 issue of the Socialist Standard

Blogger's Note:

Late 1953 threw up a bye-election in Paddington North, West London, after its Labour MP, Bill Field, had to resign his seat following a scandal. It was the first time the SPGB had contested a parliamentary seat since the 1950 General Election, and it was the fourth time in eight years that the Party had contested the Paddington North parliamentary constituency. Bill Waters was the SPGB's candidate, and he received 242 votes (0.9%).

Elsewhere in the November 1953 Socialist Standard, there are more details of the Party's decision to contest the bye-election, and the January 1954 Socialist Standard carries various reports of the Party's activity in and around the bye-election.