Edinburgh East by-election, 1947

A by-election for the constituency of Edinburgh East in the United Kingdom House of Commons was held on 27 November 1947, caused by the appointment of the incumbent Labour MP George Thomson as Lord Justice Clerk. The result was a hold for the Labour Party, with their candidate John Wheatley.

Result

Edinburgh East^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Wheatley	16,906	50.5
	Liberal National (Conservative)	D Mathews	11,490	34.4
	Liberal	John Junor	3,379	10.1
	SNP	Mary Dott	1,682	5.0
Majority			5,416	16.2

Previous elections

Edinburgh East by-election, 1945

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George Thomson	15,482	61.6
	Conservative	Lt. TG Galbraith	9,665	38.4
Majority			5,817	23.1

General Election 1945: Edinburgh East^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frederick Pethick-Lawrence	19,300	56.4
	Conservative	WA Sinclair	12,771	37.3
	SNP	FC Yeaman	2,149	6.3
Majority			6,529	19.1
Turnout				69.6

References

1. "1947 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
2. "Politics Resources". Election 1945. Politics Resources. 5 July 1945. Retrieved 2011-11-08.

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
• A Guide to Post-War Scottish By-elections to the UK Parliament