City of London by-election, 1945

The City of London by-election of 1945 was held on 31 October 1945. The byelection was held due to the elevation to hereditary peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, George Broadbridge. It was won by the Conservative candidate Ralph Assheton.^[1]

City Of London by-election, 1945^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ralph Assheton	4,506	74.99	+74.99
	Liberal	Arthur Strettell Comyns Carr	1,503	25.01	+14.00
Majority			3,003	49.98	N/A
Turnout			11,650	51.58	-12.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

References

↑ http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
↑ "1945 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2015-08-11.

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