Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
1945 Newport by-election
Table title:
Votes
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Candidate </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > % </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > ± </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Conservative </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Ronald Bell </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 16,424 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 54.5 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2.8 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Ind. Labour Party </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Robert Edwards </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 13,722 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 45.5 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > N/A </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Majority </th><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2,702 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9.0 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +5.6 </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Turnout </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 40,146 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 50.0 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 29.4 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Conservative hold </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Swing </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +1.4 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
What was the outcome of the 1945 Newport by-election between Ronald Bell and Robert Edwards?
Answer:
Bell held the seat for the Conservatives with a majority of 2,702 votes; Edwards had won 45.5% of the votes for the ILP.