1945 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election

UK parliamentary by-election November 2019 The 1945 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election was a by-election held on 2 October 1945 for the British House of Commons constituency of Ashton-under-Lyne. The by-election was triggered by the elevation to the peerage of the town's Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) William Jowitt, who was ennobled as Baron Jowitt. The result was a victory for the Labour candidate Hervey Rhodes,March 2012 who held the seat with 54% of the votes, and a swing in the Labour Party's direction. Result Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1945 http://by-elections.co.uk/45.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120206224812/http://by-elections.co.uk/45.html 1945 By Election Results 2012-02-06 dead 2015-08-11 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 69–70 Labour Party (UK) Hervey Rhodes 12,889 54.1 −2.3 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Cary 8,360 35.0 −8.6 Liberal Party (UK) Alter Beale 2,604 10.9 New 4,529 19.1 +6.3 23,853 70.5 +8.1 Labour Party (UK) +3.2 References See also List of United Kingdom by-elections Ashton-under-Lyne constituency 1920 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election 1928 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election 1931 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election 1939 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Greater Manchester constituencies Category:1945 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1945 in England Category:1940s in Lancashire Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Lancashire constituencies Category:Ashton-under-Lyne Category:Elections in Tameside Category:October 1945 in the United Kingdom