Chippenham by-election, 1943
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The Chippenham by-election, 1943 was a parliamentary by-election held on 24th August 1943 for the British House of Commons constituency of Chippenham in Wiltshire.
The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Victor Cazalet, was killed in an aircraft crash on 4th July 1943, aged 46. He had held the seat since the 1924 general election.
The result was a narrow victory for the Conseravtive candidate, David Eccles over his sole opponent, the Independent Liberal Dr D. M. Johnson.
[edit] Votes
| Chippenham by-election, 24th August 1943 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Eccles | 8,310 | 50.6 | −2.7 | |
| Independent Liberal | Donald McIntosh Johnson | 8,115 | 49.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 195 | 1.2 | −17.6 | ||
| Turnout | 16,425 | 41.4 | −36.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
- Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)
- Chippenham by-election, 1962
- Chippenham
- List of United Kingdom by-elections
[edit] References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
