1946 Rotherhithe by-election

The Rotherhithe by-election of 1946 was held on 19 November 1946. The byelection was held after the incumbent Labour MP, Sir Benjamin Smith became the chairman of the West Midlands Coal Board. It was won by the Labour candidate Bob Mellish.[1] London County Councillor Edward Martell beat the Conservative candidate, the future Gillingham MP Frederick Burden, into second place, polling more than one-quarter of the vote.

Rotherhithe by-election, 1946[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Mellish	7,265	65.0	-14.1
	Liberal	Edward Martell	2,821	25.3	New
	Conservative	Frederick Burden	1,084	9.7	-11.2
Majority			4,444	39.7	-18.5
Turnout			21,952	50.9
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
2. The Times, 19 November 1946
3. "1946 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2015.