1921 Southwark South East by-election

1921 Southwark South East by-election

← 1918 14 December 1921 1922 →
 
Candidate Naylor Jacobsen Boot
Party Labour National Liberal Ind. Conservative
Popular vote 6,561 2,636 2,307
Percentage 57.0 22.9 20.1


MP before election

Dawes
Liberal

Subsequent MP

Naylor
Labour

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

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Dawes
1918 general election: Southwark South East
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

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Southwark South East by-election, 1921
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

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References

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  • 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]