1920 Dartford by-election

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1920 Dartford by-election
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  1918 27 March 1920 1922  
  John Edmund Mills.jpg Thomas Wing.jpg
Candidate Mills Wing Meller
Party Labour Liberal Unionist
Popular vote13,6104,5624,221
Percentage50.116.815.6

  Reginald Applin.jpg
Candidate Applin Fehr
Party National Ind. Unionist
Popular vote2,9521,802
Percentage10.96.6

MP before election

Rowlands
Liberal

Subsequent MP

Jarrett
Constitutionalist

The 1920 Dartford by-election 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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Edmund Mills 13,610 50.1 +21.4
Liberal Thomas Wing 4,56216.8N/A
C Unionist Richard Meller 4,22115.6New
National Reginald Applin 2,95210.9New
Ind. Unionist Frank Emil Fehr 1,8026.6New
Majority9,04833.3N/A
Turnout 27,14761.3+13.4
Labour gain from Liberal Swing
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

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References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  2. The Constitutional Year Book, 1925