1919 Chester-le-Street by-election

1919 Chester-le-Street by-election
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Candidate Lawson Gilmour
Party Labour NDLP
Popular vote 17,838 5,313
Percentage 77.1% 22.9%
MP before election

Taylor
Labour

Subsequent MP

Lawson
Labour

The 1919 Chester-le-Street by-election was held on 13 November 1919. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Labour Member of Parliament (MP), John Wilkinson Taylor. It was won by the Labour candidate Jack Lawson.[1]

Chester-le-Street by-election, 1919[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Lawson 17,838 77.1 N/A
National Democratic David Gilmour 5,313 22.9 New
Majority 12,525 54.2 N/A
Turnout 23,151 63.7 N/A
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  2. ^ "Chester-le-Street Election". Tamworth Herald. 6 December 1919. Retrieved 5 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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