1947 Normanton by-election

UK parliamentary by-election November 2019 The 1947 Normanton by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Normanton on 11 February 1947. The seat had become vacant when the Labour Member of Parliament Tom Smith had resigned, to take up the post of Labour Director of the North-Eastern Divisional Coal Board. Smith had held the seat since the by-election in 1933. The Labour candidate, George Sylvester, held the seat for his party. The Conservative Party candidate was Enoch Powell, the first time he had stood for election, but he was heavily defeated. Normanton 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 2015-08-11 Labour Party (UK) George Sylvester 19,085 79.8 −4.5 Conservative Party (UK) Enoch Powell 4,258 17.8 +2.1 Independent (politician) W. D. Hartley 579 2.4 New 14,827 62.0 -6.6 23,922 54.6 −25.3 Labour Party (UK) -3.3 See also Normanton (UK Parliament constituency) 1904 Normanton by-election 1905 Normanton by-election 1933 Normanton by-election List of United Kingdom by-elections 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 February 2012 Normanton, 1947 Normanton by-election Normanton by-election Normanton by-election Normanton by-election, 1947 Normanton by-election, 1947