1946 Bexley by-election

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The 1946 Bexley by-election was held on 22 July 1946. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Labour MP, Jennie Adamson, upon nomination as deputy chairman of the Unemployment Assistance Board. It was won by the Labour candidate Ashley Bramall,{{Cite web|url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022521/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm|archive-date=7 June 2008|title=House of Commons|website=www.leighrayment.com|url-status=usurped|access-date=2020-01-02}} with a much reduced majority.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Ashley Bramall

|votes = 19,759

|percentage = 52.46

|change = -4.47

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = J. C. Lockwood

|votes = 17,908

|percentage = 47.54

|change = +17.74

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,851

|percentage = 4.91

|change = -22.22

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 37,667

|percentage =

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = -11.1

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