1946 Bexley by-election

The Bexley by-election of 1946 was held on 22 July 1946. The byelection was held due to the deputy chairman of assistance board of the incumbent Labour MP, Jennie Adamson. It was won by the Labour candidate Ashley Bramall,[1] with a much reduced majority.

Bexley by-election, 1946[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ashley Bramall	19,759	52.46	-4.47
	Conservative	J. C. Lockwood	17,908	47.54	+17.74
Majority			1,851	4.91	-22.22
Turnout			37,667
	Labour hold		Swing

References

"House of Commons". www.leighrayment.com. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
"1946 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

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