1919 Chester-le-Street by-election

The Chester-le-Street by-election of 1919 was held on 13 November 1919. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Labour Member of Parliament (MP), John Wilkinson Taylor. It was won by the Labour candidate Jack Lawson.^[1]

Chester-le-Street by-election, 1919^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jack Lawson	17,838	77.1
	National Democratic	David Gilmour	5,313	22.9
Majority			12,525	54.2
Turnout			23,151	63.7
	Labour hold		Swing

References[]

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
^ "Chester-le-Street Election". Tamworth Herald. 6 December 1919. Retrieved 5 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

[2] "Chester-le-Street Election". Tamworth Herald. 6 December 1919. Retrieved 5 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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