Normanton by-election, 1947
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The Normanton by-election, 1947 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Normanton on 11 February 1947. The seat had become vacant when the Labour Member of Parliament Tom Smith had resigned, take up the post of Labour Director of the North-Eastern Divisional Coal Board. Smith had held the seat since the by-election in 1933.
The Labour candidate, George Sylvester, held the seat for his party.
| Normanton by-election, 1947 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | George Sylvester | 19,085 | 79.8 | −4.5 | |
| Conservative | Enoch Powell | 4,258 | 17.9 | +2.1 | |
| Independent | Dr W.D. Hartley | 579 | 2.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 14,827 | 62.0 | -6.6 | ||
| Turnout | 23,922 | 54.6 | −25.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -3.3 | |||
[edit] See also
- Normanton (UK Parliament constituency)
- Normanton by-election, 1904
- Normanton by-election, 1905
- Normanton by-election, 1933
- List of United Kingdom by-elections
[edit] References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
