1919 Chester-le-Street by-election

The 1919 Chester-le-Street by-election was held on 13 November 1919. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Labour Member of Parliament (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. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  2. "Chester-le-Street Election". Tamworth Herald. 6 December 1919. Retrieved 5 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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