Brigg by-election, 1948

The Brigg by-election, 1948 was a by-election held on 24 March 1948 for the British House of Commons constituency of Brigg in Lincolnshire.

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the constituency's Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Tom Williamson, a trade union leader who had held the seat since the 1945 general election.

The result was a victory for the Labour candidate Lance Mallalieu, who held the seat with a reduced majority, and represented Brigg until he retired from the House of Commons in 1974.

Votes

Brigg by-election, 1948^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Lance Mallalieu	27,333	54.58	−4.34
	Conservative	Anthony Fell	22,746	45.42	+4.34
Majority			4,587	9.16	−8.68
Turnout			50,079	77.1	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.3

References

↑ "1948 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2015-08-12.

Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)

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Brigg by-election, 1948

Votes

References

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