1955 General Election - Dewsbury
| Year | 1955 | 
| General election | 1955 General Election | 
| Constituency | Dewsbury | 
| Turnout | 80.8% | 
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | 
| Paling, William Thomas | Labour | 23,286 | 
| Shaw, Michael Norman | Conservative | 15,869 | 
| Snowden, Joseph Stanley | Liberal | 5,516 |