Brigg by-election, 1948

The Brigg by-election, 1948 was a by-election held on 24 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.

Votes

Brigg by-election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lance Mallalieu	27,333	54.6	−4.3
	Conservative	Anthony Fell	22,746	45.4	+4.3
Majority			4,587	9.2	−8.6
Turnout			50,079	77.1	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.3

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)

See also

• List of United Kingdom by-elections
• Wansbeck constituency