1946 Rotherhithe by-election

The 1946 Rotherhithe by-election was held on 19 November 1946. The by-election was held after the incumbent Labour MP, Sir Benjamin Smith became the chairman of the West Midlands Coal Board. It was won by the Labour candidate Bob Mellish.^[1] London County Councillor Edward Martell beat the Conservative candidate, the future Gillingham MP Frederick Burden, into third place, polling more than one-quarter of the vote.

Rotherhithe by-election, 1946^[2]^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Mellish	7,265	65.0	−14.1
	Liberal	Edward Martell	2,821	25.3	New
	Conservative	Frederick Burden	1,084	9.7	−11.2
Majority			4,444	39.7	−18.5
Turnout			11,170	50.9	−17.2
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
2. The Times, 19 November 1946
3. "1946 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2015.