November 1920 The Wrekin by-election
20 November 1920
 
Candidate Townshend Duncan
Party IPG Labour
Popular vote 14,565 10,600
Percentage 57.9 42.1
MP before election

Palmer
Ind. Parliamentary Group

 Subsequent MP

Townshend
Ind. Parliamentary Group

1920 The Wrekin by-election was held on 20 November 1920. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Independent Parliamentary Group MP, Charles Palmer. It was won by the Independent Parliamentary Group candidate, 59-year old retired Major-General Sir Charles Townshend,[1] who was against the current Unionist-Liberal coalition government and beat Charles Duncan, 55-year old Labour candidate and former MP.

The Wrekin by-election, 1920 (November) [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Parliamentary Group Charles Townshend 14,565 57.9
Labour Charles Duncan 10,600 42.1
Majority 3,965 15.8
Turnout 25,165 78.3
Ind. Parliamentary Group hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  2. ↑ The Constitutional Year Book, 1925


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