Brigg by-election, 1948
Encyclopedia
The Brigg by-election, 1948 was a by-election
held on 24th March 1948 for the British House of Commons
constituency
of Brigg
in Lincolnshire
.
The by-election was triggered by the resignation
of the constituency's Labour Party
Member of Parliament
(MP) Tom Williamson
, a trade union
leader who had held the seat since the 1945 general election
.
The result was a victory for the Labour candidate Lance Mallalieu
, who held the seat with a reduced majority, and represented Brigg until he retired from the House of Commons
in 1974.
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
held on 24th March 1948 for the British House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
constituency
United Kingdom constituencies
In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...
of Brigg
Brigg (UK Parliament constituency)
Brigg was a county constituency centred on the town of Brigg in North Lincolnshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system....
in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
.
The by-election was triggered by the resignation
Resignation from the British House of Commons
Members of Parliament sitting in the House of Commons in the United Kingdom are technically forbidden to resign. To circumvent this prohibition, a legal fiction is used...
of the constituency's Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) Tom Williamson
Tom Williamson, Baron Williamson
Thomas "Tom" Williamson, Baron Williamson CBE was a trade unionist and Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom....
, a trade union
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
leader who had held the seat since the 1945 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1945
The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to...
.
The result was a victory for the Labour candidate Lance Mallalieu
Lance Mallalieu
Sir Edward Lancelot Mallalieu , known as Lance Mallalieu, was a British politician.Lancelot Mallalieu attended the Dragon School in Oxford....
, who held the seat with a reduced majority, and represented Brigg until he retired from the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
in 1974.
Votes
See also
- List of United Kingdom by-elections
- Wansbeck constituencyBrigg (UK Parliament constituency)Brigg was a county constituency centred on the town of Brigg in North Lincolnshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system....