1947 Avon by-election
Results
The following table gives the election results:

1947 Avon by-election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: The following table gives the election results:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Labour	Jock Mathison	8,513	65.31

National	Robert Alexander McDowell	4,422	33.92	+2.56

Independent	John Ramby Robertson	100	0.77

Majority	4,091	31.38	−5.89

Turnout	13,035	84.43	−9.31

Labour hold	Swing	−3.33

Sentence(s)

In the 1947 Avon by-election, Mathison obtained 65.31% of the votes.

final_sentence: In the 1947 Avon by-election, Mathison obtained 65.31% of the votes.