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

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1945	October: Smethwick Ashton-under-Lyne Edinburgh East Monmouth City of London November: Bromley Bournemouth Kensington South December: Tottenham North

1946	January: Preston February: South Ayrshire Glasgow Cathcart Heywood and Radcliffe Hemsworth March: Combined English Universities June: Ogmore Down July: Bexley Pontypool Battersea North August: Glasgow Bridgeton November: Rotherhithe Paddington North Aberdeen South Combined Scottish Universities December: Aberdare Kilmarnock

1947	February: Normanton May: Jarrow September: Liverpool Edge Hill September: Islington West November: Gravesend Edinburgh East Howdenshire December: Epsom

1948	January: Glasgow Camlachie February: Paisley March: Wigan Armagh Croydon North Brigg Southwark Central September: Glasgow Gorbals October: Stirling and Falkirk November: Edmonton Glasgow Hillhead

1949	February: Batley and Morley Hammersmith South March: St Pancras North Sowerby July: Leeds West December: Bradford South

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