1945 City of London by-election
UK Parliamentary by-election
The 1945 City of London by-election was held on 31 October 1945. The by-election was held due to the elevation to hereditary peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, George Broadbridge. It was won by the Conservative candidate and sitting Chairman of the Conservative Party Ralph Assheton who had lost Rushcliffe at the general election earlier in the year.[1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ralph Assheton | 4,506 | 74.99 | +38.68 | |
Liberal | Arthur Comyns Carr | 1,503 | 25.01 | +14.00 | |
Majority | 3,003 | 49.98 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,009 | 51.58 | −12.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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- October: Smethwick
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- Edinburgh East
- Monmouth
- City of London
- November: Bromley
- Bournemouth
- Kensington South
- December: Tottenham North
- 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
- February: Normanton
- May: Jarrow
- September: Liverpool Edge Hill
- September: Islington West
- November: Gravesend
- Edinburgh East
- Howdenshire
- December: Epsom
- January: Glasgow Camlachie
- February: Paisley
- March: Wigan
- Armagh
- Croydon North
- Brigg
- April: Southwark Central
- September: Glasgow Gorbals
- October: Stirling and Falkirk
- November: Edmonton
- Glasgow Hillhead
- February: Batley and Morley
- Hammersmith South
- March: St Pancras North
- Sowerby
- July: Leeds West
- December: Bradford South
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