1946 By Elections

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Constituencies

1946 By Election Results

DATE: 31st January 1946

Wing.Cdr. E Shackleton	Lab	32,189
Mr H Nicholls	Con	25,718

Majority

6,471

Labour hold

Ayrshire & Bute - South Ayrshire

DATE: 7th February 1946

Mr E Hughes	Lab	20,435
Lt.-Col. R Mathew	Con	11,705

Majority

8,729

Labour hold

Glasgow Cathcart

DATE: 12th February 1946

Mr J Henderson	Con	13,695
Mr A B Mackay	Lab	9,689
Dr. W Taylor	SNP	2,700

Majority

4,007

Conservative hold

Lancashire - Heywood & Radcliffe

DATE: 21st February 1946

Ft.-Lt. A W Greenwood	Lab	22,238
Cpt. Aubry Jones	Con	21,786

Majority

452

Labour hold

Yorkshire - Hemsworth

DATE: 22nd February 1946

Mr H E Holmes

Lab

UNOPPOSED

Labour hold

Combined English Universities

DATE: 18th March 1946

Mr H G Strauss	Con	5,483
Mrs L Stocks	Ind	5,124
Sir. E Simon	Ind	4,028
Mr S Wormald	Ind Lab	3,414
Air Com. G Oddie	British peoples party	239

Majority

359

Conservative gain from Independent

Glamorganshire - Ogmore

DATE: 4th June 1946

Mr J Evans	Lab	13,632
Mr T Morgan	Welsh Nationalist	5,685

Majority

7,947

Labour hold

Down

DATE: 6th June 1946

Lt. C H Mullan	Ulster Unionist	50, 699
F. Off. D Donnelly	Lab	28,846
Mr J Hastings - Little	Ind Unionist	16,895
Mr J Brown	Democratic Unionist	2,125

Majority

21,853

Ulster Unionist hold

Bexley

DATE: 22nd July 1946

Maj. E A Bramall	Lab	19,759
Lt.-Col. J Lockwood	Con	17,908

Majority

1,851

Labour hold

Monmouthshire - Pontypool

DATE: 23rd July 1946

Mr D G West	Lab	23,359
Mr P Welch	Con	8,170

Majority

14,189

Labour hold

Battersea North

DATE: 25th July 1946

Mr Douglas Jay	Lab	11,329
Lt.-Col. B Shattock	Con	4,858
Mr H Dewar	I.L.P	240

Majority

6,471

Labour hold

Glasgow Bridgeton

DATE: 29th August 1946

Mr J Carmichael	I.L.P	6,351
Mr J Wheatley	Lab	5,180
Mr V Warren	Con	3,987
Miss M Wood	SNP	2,575
Mr G Aldred	Ind Socialist	405

Majority

1,171

I.L.P hold

Bermondsey - Rotherhithe

DATE: 19th November 1946

Mr R J Mellish	Lab	7,265
Mr E Martell	Lib	2,821
Mr F A Burden	Con	1,084

Majority

4,444

Labour hold

Paddington North

DATE: 20th November 1946

Mr W J Field	Lab	13,082
Mr H L Turner	Con	10,165
Mr C Groves	Socialist	286

Majority

2,917

Labour hold

Aberdeen South

DATE: 20th November 1946

Lady Tweedsmuir	Con	21,750
Mr A J Irvine	Lab	17,911

Majority

3,839

Conservative hold

Combined Scottish Universities

DATE: 27th November 1946

Rt.Hon. W E Elliot	Con	22,152
Dr. C Joad	Lab	3,731
Mr J M Bannerman	Lib	2,593
Mr J G Jameson	Ind	2,080
Dr. R Scott - Stevenson	Liberal National	1,938

Majority

18,421

Conservative gain from Independent

Merthyr Tydfil - Aberdare

DATE: 5th December 1946

Mr D E Thomas	Lab	24,215
Mr W Samual	Welsh Nationalist	7,090
Mr L Hallinan	Con	4,140

Majority

17,125

Labour hold

Ayrshire & Bute - Kilmarnock

DATE: 5th December 1946

Mr W Ross	Lab	22,456
Mr G E O Walker	Con	12,239
Mr H Dott	SNP	2,932

Majority

10,217

Labour hold