Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1945

The Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1945 was a by-election held on 2 October 1945 for the British House of Commons constituency of Ashton-under-Lyne.

The by-election was triggered by the elevation to the peerage of the town's Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) William Jowitt, who was ennobled as Baron Jowitt.

The result was a victory for the Labour candidate Hervey Rhodes,^[1] who held the seat with over 50% of the votes.

Votes

Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1945
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^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Hervey Rhodes	12,889	54.1	−2.3
	Conservative	R. A. Cary	8,360	35.0	−8.6
	Liberal	A. Beale	2,604	10.9	N/A
Majority			4,529	19.1	+6.3
Turnout				70.5
	Labour hold		Swing

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
↑ "1945 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 69–70. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

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