Southwark South East by-election, 1921
The Southwark South East by-election, 1921 was a parliamentary by-election held on 14 December 1921 for the British House of Commons constituency of Southwark South East, in the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark in London.
The seat had become vacant on the death of the constituency's Coalition Liberal Member of Parliament (MP), James Arthur Dawes. Dawes had been MP for Southwark South East since the 1918 election, and before that Walworth since the January 1910 election.
Votes
Southwark South East by-election, 1921 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Thomas Ellis Naylor | 6,561 | 57.0 | 29.6 | |
Coalition Liberal | Thomas Owen Jacobsen | 2,636 | 22.9 | -49.7 | |
Independent Conservative | Horace L.P. Boot | 2,307 | 20.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,925 | 34.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,504 | 38.5 | -6.7 | ||
Labour gain from Coalition Liberal | Swing | 39.6 | |||
1918 General Election: Southwark South East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Coalition Liberal | James Arthur Dawes | 7,208 | 72.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Thomas Ellis Naylor | 2,718 | 27.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,490 | 45.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,926 | 45.2 | N/A | ||
Coalition Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
See also
References
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
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