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Constituency of Batley and Morley | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 72.6% ( 6.7%) | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Batley and Morley by-election, 1939 was a parliamentary by-election held in the United Kingdom on 9 March 1939 for the House of Commons constituency of Batley and Morley in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
The Labour Party MP for the seat Willie Brooke died on 21 January 1939 at the age of 44. He had been the MP since the 1935 general election.
This was a traditional Labour/Liberal marginal until 1931 when no Liberal candidate stood and a Conservative won for the first time in the National Government landslide. Brooke comfortably regained the seat at the last election;
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Willie Brooke | 21,182 | 53.6 | ||
| Conservative | Wilfrid Wills | 18,354 | 46.4 | ||
| Majority | 2,828 | 7.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 39,536 | 79.3 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Hubert Beaumont | 20,020 | 55.4 | +1.8 | |
| Conservative | Wilfrid Wills | 16,124 | 44.6 | -1.8 | |
| Majority | 3,896 | 10.8 | +3.6 | ||
| Turnout | 36,144 | 72.6 | -6.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
In the 1945 general election,
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Hubert Beaumont | 22,682 | 58.1 | ||
| Conservative | G W Hirst | 11,090 | 28.4 | ||
| Liberal | Ashley Mitchell | 5,256 | 13.5 | ||
| Majority | 11,592 | 29.7 | |||
| Turnout | 39,028 | 80.9 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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