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]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jack Lawson | 17,838 | 77.1 | N/A | |
National Democratic | David Gilmour | 5,313 | 22.9 | New | |
Majority | 12,525 | 54.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,151 | 63.7 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- ^ "Chester-le-Street Election". Tamworth Herald. 6 December 1919. Retrieved 5 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.