Abstract: A compression contact (13) for use with a complementary cylindrical contact (11), has a pair of opposed contact faces (12) on respective contact body portions. The contact faces (12) are compressible inwardly, transverse to the longitudinal axis of the compression contact (13), as the compression contact (13) is inserted into the cylindrical contact (11); and the contact faces (12) are resiliently expansible outwardly to form an electrical contact with the contact face within the cylindrical contact (11).