Silvertown by-election, 1940
The Silvertown by-election of 1940 was a wartime by-election.
Silvertown was a safe Labour seat, and none of the major parties stood against the Labour candidate.[1]
It was one of the last by-elections contested by the British Union of Fascists where they campaigned on a platform calling for an immediate peace with Nazi Germany, a policy which won them only 115 votes.[2]
| By-election, 22 February 1940: Silvertown | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | James Henry Hollins | 14,343 | 92.8 | +11.8 | |
| Communist | Harry Pollitt | 966 | 6.2 | ||
| British Union of Fascists | Thomas P. Moran | 151 | 1.0 | ||
| Majority | 13,377 | 86.6 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||