1945 City of London by-election
The City of London by-election of 1945 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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ralph Assheton | 4,506 | 74.99 | +74.99 | |
Liberal | Arthur Comyns Carr | 1,503 | 25.01 | +14.00 | |
Majority | 3,003 | 49.98 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,650 | 51.58 | -12.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
References[]
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- ^ "1945 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
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