The 1946

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by-election was held on 19 November 1946. The byelection was held after the incumbent

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MP, Sir Benjamin Smith became the chairman of the West Midlands Coal Board. It was won by the Labour candidate Bob Mellish. London County Councillor

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beat the Conservative candidate, the future Gillingham MP

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, into third place, polling more than one-quarter of the vote.

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