1937 Plymouth Drake by-election

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1937 Plymouth Drake by-election
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  1935 15 June 1937 1945  

Constituency of Plymouth Drake
 First partySecond party
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Lab
Candidate Henry Guest Geoffrey Garratt
Party Conservative Labour
Popular vote15,77811,044
Percentage58.82%41.18%

MP before election

Frederick Guest
Conservative

Elected MP

Henry Guest
Conservative

The 1937 Plymouth Drake by-election was held on 15 June 1937. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Frederick Guest. It was won by the Conservative candidate Henry Guest, an elder brother of Frederick. [1]

Plymouth Drake by-election, 1937 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Guest 15,778 58.82
Labour Geoffrey Garratt 11,04441.18
Majority4,73417.66
Turnout 26,822
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  2. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig