1946 Rotherhithe by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

The 1946 Rotherhithe by-election was held on 19 November 1946. The by-election 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 Bob Mellish.[1] London County Councillor Edward Martell beat the Conservative candidate, the future Gillingham MP Frederick Burden, into third place, polling more than one-quarter of the vote.

Rotherhithe by-election, 1946[2][3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Bob Mellish | 7,265  | 65.0  | −14.1
| Liberal | Edward Martell | 2,821  | 25.3  | New
| Conservative | Frederick Burden | 1,084  | 9.7  | −11.2
Majority | 4,444  | 39.7  | −18.5
Turnout | 11,170  | 50.9  | −17.2
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

## References

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1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
2. ^ The Times, 19 November 1946
3. ^ "1946 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

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