Kennington by-election, 1939

The Kennington by-election, 1939 was a parliamentary by-election held on 1939 for the British House of Commons constituency of Kennington.

Previous Result

General Election, 14 November 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Harvey	12,401	51.1
	Labour	Leonard Warburton Matters	11,856	48.9
Majority			545	2.2
Turnout			43,583	55.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Result

Kennington by-election, 1939
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Charles Wilmot	10,715	60.1
	Conservative	A. Kennedy	7,119	39.9
Majority			3,596	20.2
Turnout			43,907	40.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Aftermath

In the 1945 general election,

General Election, 5 July 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles William Gibson	12,910	70.2
	Conservative	S.H. Stanley	5,471	29.8
Majority			7,439	40.4
Turnout			29,529	62.2
	Labour hold		Swing

References

• British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1979)