title: 1953 Stoke-on-Trent North by-election
text: # 1953 Stoke-on-Trent North by-election
  
  The 1953 Stoke-on-Trent North by-election was held on 31 March 1953 after the incumbent Labour MP, Albert Davies, died on his way to Jamaica as member of a delegation from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. It was retained by the Labour candidate Harriet Slater, who had been a local councillor from 1933.
  
  By Election 1953: Stoke-on-Trent North :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour Co-op | Harriet Slater | 23,103 | 75.49 | +4.05 |
  | | Conservative | SF Middup | 7,502 | 24.51 | -4.05 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,601 | 50.98 | +8.10 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,605 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  