1946 Heywood and Radcliffe by-election

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The 1946 Heywood and Radcliffe by-election was held on 21 February 1946. The byelection 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
Conservative Aubrey Jones 21,78649.5
Majority4521.0
Turnout 44,02475.6
Labour hold Swing

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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.