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1944 Camberwell North by-election

UK parliamentary by-election

Field	Value
election_name	1944 Camberwell North by-election
type	parliamentary
country	United Kingdom
seats_for_election	Constituency of Camberwell North
ongoing	no
previous_election	1935 United Kingdom general election
previous_year	1935
next_election	1945 United Kingdom general election
next_year	1945
election_date	31 March 1944
map_image	CamberwellNorth.png
map_caption	A map of parliamentary constituencies within the County of London at the time of the by-election, with Camberwell North highlighted in ****.
candidate1	Cecil Manning
image1	[[File:Cecil Aubrey Gwynne Manning (3x4 crop).jpg	x160px]]
party1	Labour Party (UK)
popular_vote1	2,655
percentage1	79.8%
swing1	15.1%
candidate2	T.F.R. Disher
image2	Ind.
party2	Independent (politician)
popular_vote2	674
percentage2	20.2%
swing2
title	MP
posttitle	Subsequent MP
before_election	Charles Ammon
before_party	Labour Party (UK)
after_election	Cecil Manning
after_party	Labour Party (UK)
turnout	11.2% ( 44.4%)

The by-election was triggered by the elevation to the peerage of the town's Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Charles Ammon, who was ennobled as Baron Ammon.

The Labour candidate was Cecil Manning, who was unopposed by the other parties in the wartime coalition. The only other candidate was an independent, T. F. Disher, who had also contested the previous general election in 1935. The result was one of the lowest turnouts in a by-election on record: the number of available electors was estimated at around 8,000, and Manning was elected with just 2,655 votes against Disher's 674, a majority of just 1,981.

Result

References

'New Camberwell M.P.', ''The Times'', 1 April 1944.

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