1947 Epsom by-election

UK parliamentary by-election December 2019 The 1947 Epsom by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in the United Kingdom on 4 December 1947 to fill the vacant House of Commons seat of Epsom in Surrey. The vacancy arose when the sitting Member of Parliament (MP), Sir Archibald Southby resigned from the House of Commons by accepting the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds. Result The Conservative Party held the seat with a significantly increased majority. Epsom by-election, 1947http://by-elections.co.uk/47.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120206220043/http://by-elections.co.uk/47.html 1947 By Election Results 2012-02-06 dead 2015-08-12 Conservative Party (UK) Malcolm McCorquodale 33,633 61.0 +11.1 Labour Party (UK) R Bishop 17,339 31.5 -6.3 Liberal Party (UK) David Arnold Scott Cairns 4,121 7.5 -4.7 16,447 29.5 +17.4 16,294 Conservative Party (UK) References Craig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 1969 3rd 1983 Parliamentary Research Services Chichester 0-900178-06-X Epsom by-election Epsom by-election Category:Epsom and Ewell Epsom, 1947 Category:20th century in Surrey Epsom by-election