Islington West by-election, 1947

Islington West in the County of London, showing boundaries used in 1947

The Islington West by-election of 1947 was held on 25 September 1947.

The by-election was held due to the appointment to hereditary peerage of the incumbent Labour MP, Frederick Montague.

General Election, 5 July 1945: Islington, West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frederick Montague	11,496	73.8	+18.8
	Conservative	E.T. Hope	4,090	26.2	-18.8
Majority			7,406	47.6
Turnout			25,926	60.1	+7.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+18.8

It was won by the Labour candidate Albert Evans.^[1]

Islington West by-election, 1947^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Albert Evans	8,760	57.2	-16.6
	Conservative	Tom Forrest Howard	4,084	26.6	+0.4
	Liberal	Edwin Thomas Malindine	2,459	16.0	N/A
	Independent	L.J. Wildman	33	0.2	N/A
Majority			4,676	30.6
Turnout			29,859	51.4	-8.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.5

References

1. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
2. "1947 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2015-08-12.