Camberwell North by-election, 1922
Camberwell North in the County of London in 1922
The Camberwell North by-election of 1922 was held on 20 February 1922. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Coalition Conservative MP, Henry Newton Knights. It was won by the Labour candidate Charles Ammon.[1]
| General Election 14 December 1918: Camberwell, North
Electorate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Unionist | Henry Newton Knights | 6,010 | 58.0 | ||
| Liberal | George Hearn | 2,177 | 21.0 | ||
| Labour | Charles George Ammon | 2,175 | 21.0 | ||
| Majority | 3,833 | 37.0 | |||
| Turnout | 26,416 | 39.2 | |||
| Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
| Camberwell North by-election, 1922
Electorate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour | Charles George Ammon | 7,854 | 53.9 | |||
| Unionist | Richard James Meller | 6,719 | 46.1 | |||
| Majority | 1,135 | 7.8 | ||||
| Turnout | 28,709 | 50.8 | ||||
| Labour gain from Unionist | ||||||
| General Election 15 November 1922: Camberwell North
Electorate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Charles George Ammon | 8,320 | 50.8 | -13.4 | |
| Unionist | Dame Helen Charlotte Isabella Gwynne-Vaughan | 8,066 | 49.2 | +13.4 | |
| Majority | 254 | 1.6 | -6.2 | ||
| Turnout | 16,386 | 56.7 | +5.9 | ||
| Labour hold | |||||