by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...

for the constituency of Bradford South in the

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was held on 8 December 1949, caused by the death of the incumbent Labour MP

Meredith Titterington Meredith Farrer Titterington (1886 – 28 October 1949) was a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford South at the 1945 general election, but died in office in 1949, aged 63. Ag ...

on 28 October of that year. The result was a hold for the Labour Party, with their candidate George Craddock winning with a majority of 4,022 and 51.3% of the vote. This was the final parliamentary by-election to be held during the 1945-1950 Parliament.

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