139:, Jay held the seat for Labour with 69% of votes, a small reduction from the 74% won by his predecessor in 1945. Shattock's 29.6% share was a small increase on the 26.1% Conservative vote the previous year, while Dewar won only 240 votes (1.5%) of the total, and lost his deposit.
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135:On a turnout reduced to 55% from the 71% at the
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496:"Papers of Hugo Dewar, Trotskyist (1871-1891)"
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294:Battersea North by-election, 1946
149:Economic Secretary to the Treasury
42:The seat had become vacant on the
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