Smethwick by-election, 1945
- Smethwick by-election, 1945
The Smethwick by-election, 1945 was a by-election held on 1st October 1945 for the British House of Commons constituency of Smethwick in Staffordshire (now in the West Midlands county).
The by-election was caused by the death of the town's newly-elected Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP), 63-year-old Alfred Dobbs, who was killed in a car accident on 27 July 1945, only one day after his election at the 1945 general election. Apart from some MPs who were elected posthumously, Dobbs remains the United Kingdom's shortest-serving MP.
There were only two candidates in the by-election, Labour and Conservative; the Liberal Party had not fielded a candidate in Smethwick since the 1929 general election.
The result was a victory for the Labour candidate Patrick Gordon Walker, who held the seat comfortably with a slightly increased majority on a slightly reduced turnout. Gordon Walker was an MP for nearly 30 years, serving twice as a Cabinet minister.
Votes
Election box begin
title=By-election 1945: SmethwickElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Patrick Gordon Walker
votes = 19,364
percentage = 68.8
change = +2.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = G.H. Edgar
votes = 8,762
percentage = 31.2
change = −2.9Election box majority
votes = 10,602
percentage = 37.6
change = +5.8Election box turnout
votes = 43,020
percentage = 65.4
change = −7.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = 2.9
References
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See also
* List of United Kingdom by-elections
* Smethwick constituency
* Smethwick by-election, 1926
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