1948 Croydon North by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 The 1948 Croydon North by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in the British House of Commons constituency of Croydon North on 11 March 1948. The seat had become vacant when the Conservative Member of Parliament Henry Willink had resigned, having held the seat since a by-election in 1940. The Labour Party candidate was the British politician, diplomat, historian, diarist, novelist, lecturer, journalist, broadcaster, and gardener Harold Nicolson. Formerly a political ally of Oswald Mosley in the New Party before the later turned to Fascism, Nicolson had previously sat in the 1935–1945 parliament as a National Labour MP. These were the followers of former British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald who had been expelled from the Labour Party for forming the first National Government with Conservatives and Liberals without consulting them. The Conservative candidate Fred Harris held the seat for his party with a much increased majority. The seat had only been marginally Conservative in the 1945 election. Result 1948 Croydon North by-electionhttp://by-elections.co.uk/48.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120314034547/http://by-elections.co.uk/48.html 1948 By Election Results 2012-03-14 dead 2015-08-12 Conservative Party (UK) Fred Harris 36,200 54.0 +13.9 Labour Party (UK) Harold Nicolson 24,536 36.6 -3.5 Liberal Party (UK) Don Bennett 6,321 9.4 -9.4 11,664 17.4 +16.3 67,057 74.8 +1.4 Conservative Party (UK) +8.7 Previous result General election 1945: Croydon North Conservative Party (UK) Henry Willink 23,417 41.1 -26.0 Labour Party (UK) Marion Billson 22,810 40.1 +7.2 Liberal Party (UK) John Howard 10,714 18.8 New 607 1.0 -33.1 56,941 73.4 +8.8 77,594 Conservative Party (UK) -16.6 See also Croydon North (UK Parliament constituency) 1940 Croydon North by-election Lists of United Kingdom by-elections References Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in London constituencies Category:1948 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1948 in London Category:20th century in Surrey Category:Elections in the London Borough of Croydon Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Surrey constituencies Category:March 1948 in the United Kingdom