1919 Chester-le-Street by-election

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

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

Taylor
Labour

 Subsequent MP

Lawson
Labour

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.
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