The Tottenham North by-election, 1945 was a by-election

By-election

A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....

 held 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 Tottenham North

Tottenham North (UK Parliament constituency)

Tottenham North was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Municipal Borough of Tottenham, in North London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.-History:...

in London

London

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 on 13 December 1945.

Vacancy

The seat had become vacant when the sitting Labour Co-operative

Labour Co-operative

Labour and Co-operative describes those candidates in British elections standing on behalf of both the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party, based on a national agreement between the two parties....

 Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP), Robert Morrison

Robert Morrison, 1st Baron Morrison

Robert Craigmyle Morrison, 1st Baron Morrison was a British Labour Co-operative politician.Born in Aberdeen, he was the son of James Morrison. He originally worked as a schoolmaster in the Middlesex suburbs of North London...

 had been ennobled on 16 November 1945 as Baron Morrison

Baron Morrison

Baron Morrison, of Tottenham in the County of Middlesex, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 16 November 1945 for the Labour politician Robert Morrison...

. He had held the seat since the 1935 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1935

The United Kingdom general election held on 14 November 1935 resulted in a large, though reduced, majority for the National Government now led by Conservative Stanley Baldwin. The greatest number of MPs, as before, were Conservative, while the National Liberal vote held steady...

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Candidates

The Labour Co-operative candidate was 53-year-old William Irving. The Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 candidate was 26-year-old barrister Petre Crowder

Petre Crowder

Petre Crowder, QC was a British Conservative Member of Parliament and barrister.Crowder was the son of Sir John Crowder, a Conservative Member of Parliament and predecessor as MP for Finchley of Margaret Thatcher. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford just as his father was...

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Result

On a much-reduced turnout, Irving held the seat for Labour, with a swing of 8.2% to the Conservatives.

The constituemncy was abolished for the 1950 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1950

The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...

, when Irving was elected for the new Wood Green

Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency)

Wood Green was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Wood Green area of North London. It which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.-History:...

 constituency, and Crowder was elected for the safe Conservative seat of Ruislip-Northwood

Ruislip-Northwood (UK Parliament constituency)

Ruislip-Northwood was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

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Votes

See also

• Tottenham North (UK Parliament constituency)
  Tottenham North (UK Parliament constituency)
  Tottenham North was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Municipal Borough of Tottenham, in North London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.-History:...
  
  
• Tottenham
  Tottenham
  Tottenham is an area of the London Borough of Haringey, England, situated north north east of Charing Cross.-Toponymy:Tottenham is believed to have been named after Tota, a farmer, whose hamlet was mentioned in the Domesday Book; hence Tota's hamlet became Tottenham...
  
  
• List of United Kingdom by-elections (1931–1950)

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