Farnham by-election, 1937

The Farnham by-election of 1937 was held on 23 March 1937. The by-election was held due to the elevation to the peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, Arthur Michael Samuel. It was won by the Conservative candidate Godfrey Nicholson.^[1]

Farnham by-election, 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Godfrey Nicholson	20,580	66.7	-11.8
	Labour	Peter Pain	7,792	25.3	+3.8
	Independent Conservative	Linton Theodore Thorp	2,327	7.5	N/A
	Independent	Edward Miller	154	0.5	N/A
Majority			12,788	41.5	-15.5
	Conservative hold

References

1. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm