Spen Valley by-election, 1919

The Spen Valley by-election of 1919 was held on 20 December 1919. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Coalition Liberal MP, Thomas Palmer Whittaker. It was won by the Labour candidate Tom Myers.^[1]

Sir John Simon

Spen Valley by-election, 1919 [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Myers	11,962	39.4	–5.0
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Sir John Allsebrook Simon	10,244	33.8	21.8
	Coalition Liberal	Bryan Charles Fairfax	8,134	26.8	n/a
Majority			1,718	5.6	26.8
Turnout				76.5	+27.1
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+13.4

References

1. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
2. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig