Portsmouth South by-election, 1939

The Portsmouth South by-election, 1939 was a parliamentary by-election held in the United Kingdom on 12 July 1939 for the House of Commons constituency of Portsmouth South, in Hampshire.

Previous Result

General Election, 14 November 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Herbert Robin Cayzer	27,416
	Labour	John W. Fawcett	9,043
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Result

Sir Jocelyn Morton Lucas was elected unopposed.

Aftermath

In the 1945 general election,

General Election, 5 July 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Jocelyn Morton Lucas	15,810
	Labour	J.F. Blitz	12,783
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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