Widnes by-election, 1919

The Widnes by-election of 1919 was held on 30 August 1919. The by-election was held due to the elevation to the peerage of the incumbent Coalition Conservative MP, William Hall Walker. It was won by the Labour candidate Arthur Henderson.[1]

Result

Widnes by-election, August 30 1919
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Henderson 11,404 52.3
Coalition Conservative Francis Fisher 10,417 47.7
Majority 987 4.6
Turnout 71.1
Labour gain from Coalition Conservative Swing

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, February 04, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.