Heywood and Radcliffe by-election, 1946
The Heywood and Radcliffe by-election of 1946 was held on 21 February 1946. The byelection was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, John Edmondson Whittaker. It was won by the Labour candidate Anthony Greenwood.[1]
| Heywood and Radcliffe by-election, 1946
Electorate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Arthur William James Anthony Greenwood | 50.5 | |||
| Conservative | 49.5 | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 75.6 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||