1921 Southwark South East by-election
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The 1921 Southwark South East by-election 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.
History
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Liberal | James Arthur Dawes | 7,208 | 72.6 | N/A |
| Labour | Thomas Naylor | 2,718 | 27.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,490 | 45.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 9,926 | 45.2 | N/A | ||
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
Result
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Naylor | 6,561 | 57.0 | +29.6 | |
| C | Liberal | Thomas Owen Jacobsen | 2,636 | 22.9 | −49.7 |
| Ind. Conservative | Horace Boot | 2,307 | 20.1 | New | |
| Majority | 3,925 | 34.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 11,504 | 38.5 | −6.7 | ||
| Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +39.6 | |||
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
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 [self-published source] [better source needed]