1921 Penistone by-election

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1921 Penistone by-election
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  1918 5 March 1921 1922  
  William Gillis crop.jpg William Pringle crop.jpg
Candidate William Gillis William Pringle James Peace Hinchcliffe
Party Labour Liberal Coalition Liberal
Popular vote8,5607,9847,123
Percentage36.233.730.1

MP before election

Sydney Arnold
Liberal

Subsequent MP

William Gillis
Liberal

The Penistone by-election, 1921 was a by-election held on 5 March 1921 for the British House of Commons constituency of Penistone in Yorkshire.

Contents

Vacancy

The seat had become vacant on the resignation of the Liberal Member of Parliament Sydney Arnold, due to ill-health. He had held the seat since its creation for the 1918 general election.

Electoral history

The result at the last General Election in 1918 was;

Sydney Arnold Sydney Arnold.jpg
Sydney Arnold
General election 1918: Penistone [1] Electorate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sydney Arnold 7,338 39.4
C Unionist Phillip Gatty Smith6,74436.2
Independent Labour Frederick William Southern4,55624.4
Majority5943.2
Turnout 18,63858.4
Liberal hold Swing
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Candidates

Campaign

Polling Day was set for 5 March, making it the fourth by-election to be held that week. On 25 February nominations closed to confirm that the election would be a three-way contest.

Sir James Hinchcliffe received the official endorsement of the Coalition Government.

Result

The result was a gain for the Labour Party.

Penistone by-election, 1921 [2] Electorate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Gillis 8,560 36.2 +11.8
Liberal William Pringle 7,98433.7-5.7
Coalition Liberal James Peace Hinchcliffe7,12330.1-6.1
Majority5762.5N/A
Turnout 23,66771.7
Labour gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Aftermath

Pringle reversed the tables on Gillis at the following General Election when the Liberals re-gained the seat from the Labour party;

William Pringle William Pringle.jpg
William Pringle
1922 general election [3] Electorate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Pringle 8,924 35.8
Labour William Gillis 8,38233.7
Conservative Charles Hodgkinson7,60030.5
Majority5422.1
Turnout 24,90673.1
Liberal hold Swing

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References

  1. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  2. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  3. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig