1946 Combined English Universities by-election

UK parliamentary by-election August 2019 The 1946 Combined English Universities by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 18 March 1946 for the British House of Commons constituency of Combined English Universities. There was no Labour Party candidate, which did not occur again in a Great Britain by-election in the UK until the 2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election. It was the penultimate election in a university constituency to the British Parliament and the final one to occur in England, with all university constituencies abolished in 1950. The winning candidate vote share of 30 per cent holds the record for being the lowest in a UK by-election. Previous MP The seat had become vacant when the constituency's independent Member of Parliament (MP), Eleanor Rathbone, died. She had been the constituency's MP since the 1929 general election. Result The Conservative Party gained the seat. By-Election 13–18 March 1946: Combined English Universitieshttp://www.by-elections.co.uk/46.html https://web.archive.org/web/20131105224145/http://www.by-elections.co.uk/46.html 1946 By Election Results 2013-11-05 dead 2015-08-11 Conservative Party (UK) Henry Strauss 5,483 30.0 New Independent Progressive Mary Stocks 5,124 28.0 -25.3 Independent Liberal Ernest Simon 4,028 22.0 New Independent Labour Stanley Wormald 3,414 18.7 +3.4 British People's Party (1939) Gerard Stephen Oddie 239 1.3 New 359 2.0 N/A 18,288 42.1 -7.9 43,438 Conservative Party (UK) Independent (politics) 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 Category:1946 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1946 in England Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in the Combined English Universities Category:March 1946 in the United Kingdom