The 1946 Heywood and Radcliffe by-election was held on 21 February 1946. The byelection was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, John Edmondson Whittaker. It was won by the Labour candidate Tony Greenwood.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tony Greenwood | 22,238 | 50.5 | ||
| Conservative | Aubrey Jones | 21,786 | 49.5 | ||
| Majority | 452 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 44,024 | 75.6 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- ↑ "1946 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
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