1921 Southwark South East by-election

The 1921 Southwark South East by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 14 December 1921 for the British House of Commons constituency of Southwark South East, in the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark in London.

The seat had become vacant on the death of the constituency's Coalition Liberal Member of Parliament (MP), James Arthur Dawes. Dawes had been MP for Southwark South East since the 1918 election, and before that Walworth since the January 1910 election.

History

1918 general election: Southwark South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Liberal	James Arthur Dawes	7,208	72.6	*N/A*
	Labour	Thomas Naylor	2,718	27.4	N/A
Majority			4,490	45.2	N/A
Turnout			9,926	45.2	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Result

Southwark South East by-election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Naylor	6,561	57.0	+29.6
C	Liberal	Thomas Owen Jacobsen	2,636	22.9	−49.7
	Ind. Conservative	Horace Boot	2,307	20.1	New
Majority			3,925	34.1	N/A
Turnout			11,504	38.5	−6.7
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+39.6
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

References

Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source]} ^{[better source needed]}

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1921 Southwark South East by-election

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