1944 Bilston by-election
A by-election for the constituency of Bilston in the United Kingdom House of Commons was held on 20 September 1944, caused by the death of the incumbent Conservative MP Ian Hannah. The result was a hold for the Conservative Party, with their candidate William Ernest Gibbons, with a majority of just 349 votes[1] over an Independent Labour Party candidate.[2]
Election history
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Hannah | 18,689 | 51.2 | ||
Labour | David Mort | 17,820 | 48.8 | ||
Majority | 869 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 70.9 |
Result
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Ernest Gibbons | 9,693 | |||
Ind. Labour Party | A. Eaton | 9,344 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
gollark: I would use spellfix1 but this would introduce VARIOUS technical challenges unless I somehow muck with the tokenizer API.
gollark: Well, not really that as much as it strips suffixes off, but I still count it.
gollark: No, as in it sort of corrects for spelling errors a bit.
gollark: It's even very slightly fuzzy.
gollark: Also, minoteaur has* full text search now.
References
- Pioneer journalist and conscientous [sic] objector who rejected Fleet Street Archived 31 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine Nicholas Jones
- British General Election 1945 - Chapter "Independents and Others" Page 120 British General Election 1945 R.B. McCallum, Alison Redman, via Google Books
- "Politics Resources". Election 1939. Politics Resources. 14 November 1939. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.