1946 Preston by-election

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The 1946 Preston by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 31 January 1946 for the British House of Commons constituency of Preston in Lancashire. The seat had become vacant when the Labour Member of Parliament John Sunderland had died on 24 November 1945. Sunderland had held the seat since the 1945 general election.

The Labour candidate, Edward Shackleton, held the seat for his party.

Results

**1946 Preston by-election**^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Shackleton	32,189	55.6	+7.3
	Conservative	Harmar Nicholls	25,718	44.4	+2.6
Majority			6,471	11.2	+8.4
Turnout			57,907
	Labour hold		Swing

^ "1946 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

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