1945 Bournemouth by-election
The Bournemouth by-election of 1945 was held on 15 November 1945. The byelection was held due to the elevation to hereditary peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, Sir Leonard Lyle. It was won by the Conservative candidate Brendan Bracken,[1] who was a prominent supporter of Winston Churchill and Conservative parliamentarian who had lost his Paddington North seat to Labour in the 1945 Labour landslide. Somewhat unusually, there was a significant swing to the governing party, with Labour achieving a swing of more than 10%.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Brendan Bracken | 22,980 | 46.85 | −8.60 | |
| Labour | Edward Shackleton | 16,526 | 33.69 | +11.98 | |
| Liberal | Basil Wigoder | 9,548 | 19.46 | −3.39 | |
| Majority | 6,454 | 13.16 | −19.44 | ||
| Turnout | 49,054 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
- ^ "1945 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
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