title: 1954 Liverpool West Derby by-election
text: # 1954 Liverpool West Derby by-election
  
  The 1954 Liverpool West Derby by-election was held on 18 November 1954 after the incumbent Conservative MP, David Maxwell Fyfe was elevated to a hereditary peerage. The seat was retained by the Conservative candidate John Woollam.
  
  Liverpool West Derby by-election, 1954 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | John Woollam | 21,158 | 53.15 | +1.54 |
  | | Labour Co-op | Cyril Fenton | 18,650 | 46.85 | -1.54 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,508 | 6.30 | +3.09 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,808 | 58.90 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  