1939 Monmouth by-election
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The 1939 Monmouth by-election was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Monmouth in Wales on 25 July 1939.
Vacancy
The Conservative MP John Herbert had resigned his seat on 1 July 1939, having been appointed as Governor of Bengal.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Previous result
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Michael Mackintosh Foot | 13,454 | 36.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 9,808 | 26.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 36,716 | 76.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | -1.6 | |||
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Candidates
The Conservative candidate was 55-year-old Leslie Pym, who had not had previously contested a parliamentary election.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The Labour Party candidate at the 1935 general election had been 22-year-old Michael Foot, who later became Leader of the Labour Party. Foot did not contest the by-election, when the Labour candidate was F.R. Hancock, who had been unsuccessful in Salisbury at the 1929 general election and at a by-election in 1931. He had also been an unsuccessful candidate in Lewes at the 1931 and 1935 general elections.[1] He was also a Quaker and thus opposed to all war.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Result
On a slightly reduced turnout, Pym held the seat for the Conservatives, with a reduced but still large majority of 5,815.
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Frank Rivers Hancock | 11,543 | 39.9 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 5,815 | 20.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 28,901 | 58.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | -3.3 | |||
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Aftermath
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | A. B. L. Oakley | 20,543 | 48.1 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 1,652 | 3.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 42,738 | 72.0 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | -8.2 | |||
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Pym was re-elected at the 1945 general election, but died five days later.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
See also
- Monmouth (UK Parliament constituency)
- Monmouth
- 1934 Monmouth by-election
- 1945 Monmouth by-election
- 1991 Monmouth by-election
- List of United Kingdom by-elections (1931–1950)
References
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- ↑ a b c d Craig, F. W. S. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (1 ed.). Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. Template:ISBN. Page 567
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Further reading
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- A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)
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