1946 Paddington North by-election

The Paddington North by-election of 1946 was held on 20 November 1946. The byelection was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Labour MP, Sir Noel Mason-Macfarlane. It was won by the Labour candidate Bill Field.[1]

Paddington North by-election, 1946[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Field	13,082	55.6	-5.6
	Conservative	Lawrence Turner	10,165	43.2	+6.1
	Socialist (GB)	Clifford Groves	286	1.2	-0.5
Majority			2,917	12.4	-11.7
Turnout			23,533	53.9	-17.1
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
2. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 by F.W.S. Craig
3. "1946 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2015.