Rotherhithe by-election, 1946

The Rotherhithe by-election of 1946 was held on 19 November 1946. The byelection was held after the incumbent Labour MP, Sir Benjamin Smith became the chairman of the West Midlands Coal Board. It was won by the Labour candidate Robert Mellish.^[1]

Rotherhithe by-election, 1946^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Joseph Mellish	7,265	65.0
	Liberal	Edward Martell	2,821	25.3
	Conservative	Frederick Frank Arthur Burden	1,084	9.7
Majority			4,444	39.7
Turnout			21,952	50.9
	Labour hold		Swing

References

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1945	October: Smethwick Ashton-under-Lyne Edinburgh East Monmouth City of London November: Bromley Bournemouth Kensington South December: Tottenham North

1946	January: Preston February: South Ayrshire Glasgow Cathcart Heywood and Radcliffe Hemsworth March: Combined English Universities June: Ogmore Down July: Bexley Pontypool Battersea North August: Glasgow Bridgeton November: Rotherhithe Paddington North Aberdeen South Combined Scottish Universities December: Aberdare Kilmarnock

1947	February: Normanton May: Jarrow September: Liverpool Edge Hill September: Islington West November: Gravesend Edinburgh East Howdenshire December: Epsom

1948	January: Glasgow Camlachie February: Paisley March: Wigan Armagh Croydon North Brigg Southwark Central September: Glasgow Gorbals October: Stirling and Falkirk November: Edmonton Glasgow Hillhead

1949	February: Batley and Morley Hammersmith South March: St Pancras North Sowerby July: Leeds West December: Bradford South

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