1939 Kennington by-election

The Kennington by-election, 1939 was a parliamentary by-election held on 24 May 1939 for the British House of Commons constituency of Kennington.

Previous MP

Previous Result
General election, 14 November 1935
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George Harvey 12,401 51.1
Labour Leonard Matters 11,856 48.9
Majority 545 2.2
Turnout 43,583 55.7
Conservative hold Swing

Candidates

Result
Kennington by-election, 1939[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour John Wilmot 10,715 60.1
Conservative A. Kennedy 7,119 39.9
Majority 3,596 20.2
Turnout 43,907 40.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Aftermath

In the 1945 general election,

General election, 5 July 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Charles Gibson 12,910 70.2
Conservative S. H. Stanley 5,471 29.8
Majority 7,439 40.4
Turnout 29,529 62.2
Labour hold Swing

References
  1. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 34. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
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