1946 Heywood and Radcliffe by-election

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The 1946 Heywood and Radcliffe by-election was held on 21 February 1946. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, John Edmondson Whittaker. It was won by the Labour candidate Tony Greenwood. [1]

Heywood and Radcliffe by-election, 1946 [2] Electorate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Greenwood 22,238 50.5 −0.5
Conservative Aubrey Jones 21,78649.5+0.5
Majority 4521.0−1.0
Turnout 44,02475.6−0.8
Labour hold Swing -0.5

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  2. ↑ "1946 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
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