Jump to content

1919 Chester-le-Street by-election

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Dunarc (talk | contribs) at 23:52, 13 November 2020 (→References: category sort order). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

1919 Chester-le-Street by-election
← 1918 13 November 1919 1922 →
 
Candidate Lawson Gilmour
Party Labour NDLP
Popular vote 17,838 5,313
MP before election

Taylor
Labour

Subsequent MP

Lawson
Labour

The Chester-le-Street by-election of 1919 was held on 13 November 1919. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Labour 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
National Democratic David Gilmour 5,313 22.9
Majority 12,525 54.2
Turnout 23,151 63.7
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
  2. ^ "Chester-le-Street Election". Tamworth Herald. 6 December 1919. Retrieved 5 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1919_Chester-le-Street_by-election&oldid=988570913"