The 1948 Croydon North by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in the British House of Commons constituency of Croydon North on 11 March 1948. The seat had become vacant when the Conservative Member of Parliament Henry Willink had resigned, having held the seat since a by-election in 1940.
The Conservative candidate Fred Harris held the seat for his party with a much increased majority. The seat had only been marginally Conservative in the 1945 election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Fred Harris | 36,200 | 54.0 | +13.9 | |
Labour | Harold Nicolson | 24,536 | 36.6 | -3.5 | |
Liberal | Don Bennett | 6,321 | 9.4 | -9.4 | |
Majority | 11,664 | 17.4 | +16.3 | ||
Turnout | 67,057 | 74.8 | +1.4 | ||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Willink | 23,417 | 41.1 | -26.0 | |
Labour | Marion Billson | 22,810 | 40.1 | +7.2 | |
Liberal | John Howard | 10,714 | 18.8 | New | |
Majority | 607 | 1.0 | -33.1 | ||
Turnout | 56,941 | 73.4 | +8.8 | ||
Registered electors | 77,594 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -16.6 | |||
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