1947 Liverpool Edge Hill by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election January 2017 August 2019 August 2019 The 1947 Liverpool Edge Hill by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in England to elect a new Member of Parliament (MP) for the British House of Commons constituency of Liverpool Edge Hill on 11 September 1947. The seat became vacant on the death of the constituency's Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Richard Clitherow. The result was a hold for the Labour Party. Result Liverpool Edge Hill 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 Labour Party (UK) Arthur Irvine 10,827 52.1 −12.8 Conservative Party (UK) Reginald Bevins 8,874 42.6 +7.5 Liberal Party (UK) Hubert Winthrop Young 910 4.4 New Independent Labour Party David Gibson 154 0.7 New Independent C. Foster 48 0.2 New 1,953 9.5 −20.3 20,813 62.7 −3.4 Labour Party (UK) −10.2 See also Liverpool Edge Hill (UK Parliament constituency) 1979 Liverpool Edge Hill by-election List of United Kingdom by-elections List of parliamentary constituencies in Merseyside References Category:1947 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1947 in England Edge Hill By-Election, 1947 Edge Hill, 1947 Category:September 1947 in the United Kingdom