Ripon by-election, 1939

The Ripon by-election, 1939 was a parliamentary by-election held in the United Kingdom on 23 February 1939 for the House of Commons constituency of Ripon in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Previous Result

General Election, 14 November 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Waller Hills	30,804
	Labour	Cllr. R. J. Hall	9,116
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Result

by-election, 1939
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher York	23,257
	Labour	Cllr. R. J. Hall	10,213
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aftermath

In the 1945 general election,

General Election, 5 July 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher York	29,674
	Labour	R. Hartley	12,599
	Liberal	M. Cowley	6,122		'
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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