1921 Bewdley by-election

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1921 Bewdley by-election
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  1918 19 April 1921 1922  
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Candidate Baldwin Mills
Party Unionist Independent Labour
Popular vote14,5371,680
Percentage89.610.4

MP before election

Baldwin
Unionist

Subsequent MP

Baldwin
Unionist

The 1921 Bewdley by-election was held on 19 April 1921. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Coalition Conservative MP, Stanley Baldwin, being appointed President of the Board of Trade. It was retained by Baldwin. [1]

Bewdley by-election, 1921 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Stanley Baldwin 14,53789.6N/A
Independent Labour H. Mills1,68010.4New
Majority12,85779.2N/A
Turnout 16,21763.7N/A
Registered electors 25,440
Unionist hold Swing N/A
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

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References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  2. "Bewdeley Rebuffs Labour" . Exeter and Plymouth Gazette. 21 April 1921 via British Newspaper Archive.