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1939 Caerphilly by-election

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The Caerphilly by-election, 1939 was a parliamentary by-election held on 1939 for the British House of Commons constituency of Caerphilly.

Previous MP

Previous Result

General Election 1935: Caerphilly[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Morgan Jones 24,846 76.25 +8.63
Conservative GT Stoneham 7,738 23.75 −8.63
Majority 17,108 52.50 +17.26
Turnout 32,584 72.32 −4.30
Registered electors 45,057
Labour hold Swing

Candidates

Result

Caerphilly by-election, 1939[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ness Edwards 19,847 67.98 −8.27
Conservative Ronald Bell 9,349 32.02 +8.27
Majority 10,498 35.96 −16.54
Turnout 29,196 68.40 −3.92
Registered electors 42,678
Labour hold Swing

Aftermath

In the 1945 general election,

General Election 1945: Caerphilly[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ness Edwards 29,158 80.22 +3.97
Conservative John Frederick Manuel de Courcy 7,189 19.78 −3.97
Majority 21,969 60.44 +7.94
Turnout 36,347 77.21 +4.89
Registered electors 47,078
Labour hold Swing

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1979)
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