1951 Ormskirk by-election

1951 Ormskirk by-election

5 April 1951

Constituency of Ormskirk
  First party Second party
 
Lab
Candidate Arthur Salter H. A. Kelly
Party Conservative Labour
Popular vote 24,190 8,969
Percentage 71.47% 26.50%
Swing 5.20% 7.23%

MP before election

Ronald Cross
Conservative

Elected MP

Arthur Salter
Conservative

The Ormskirk by-election of 5 April 1951 was held after the appointment of Conservative MP Ronald Cross as Governor of Tasmania.

The seat was safe, having been won at the 1950 United Kingdom general election by over 14,000 votes