Dartford by-election, 1920

The Dartford by-election of 1920 was held on 27 March 1920. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Coalition Liberal MP, James Rowlands. It was won by the Labour candidate John Edmund Mills.^[1]

Dartford by-election, 1920^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Edmund Mills	13,610	50.1	+21.4
	Liberal	Thomas Wing	4,562	16.8	n/a
C	Unionist	Richard Meller	4,221	15.6	n/a
	National	Reginald Applin	2,952		n/a
	Independent Unionist	Frank Fehr	1,802		n/a
Majority			9,048
Turnout				61.3	+13.4
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

References

↑ http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
↑ The Constitutional Year Book, 1925

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