1947 Normanton by-election
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates The 1947 Normanton by-election 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, to 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. The Conservative Party candidate was Enoch Powell, the first time he had stood for election, but he was heavily defeated.
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Enoch Powell | 4,258 | 17.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | W. D. Hartley | 579 | 2.4 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 14,827 | 62.0 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 23,922 | 54.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | -3.3 | |||
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See also
- Normanton (UK Parliament constituency)
- 1904 Normanton by-election
- 1905 Normanton by-election
- 1933 Normanton by-election
- List of United Kingdom by-elections
References
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