1947 Liverpool Edge Hill by-election

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, 1947^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Irvine	10,827	52.1	−12.8
	Conservative	Reginald Bevins	8,874	42.6	+7.5
	Liberal	Hubert Winthrop Young	910	4.4	New
	Ind. Labour Party	David Gibson	154	0.7	New
	Independent	C. Foster	48	0.2	New
Majority			1,953	9.5	−20.3
Turnout			20,813	62.7	−3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−10.2

^ "1947 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

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