Battersea North by-election, 1940
- Battersea North by-election, 1940
The Battersea North by-election, 1940 was a parliamentary by-election held on 17 April 1940 for the British House of Commons constituency of Battersea North in the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea.
The seat had become vacant on the resignation of the constituency's Labour Member of Parliament (MP), William Stephen Sanders. He had held the seat since the 1929 general election, with a four-year gap after his defeat in the National landslide at the 1931 general election. He was re-elected at the 1935 election.
Candidates
The Labour Party selected as its candidate Francis Douglas, a former solicitor. In keeping with a war-time electoral pact, the Conservative and Liberal parties did not field candidates, and Douglas's only opponent was E.C. Joyce, who stood as an anti-war Independent candidate. Joyce received the backing of the Communist Party.
Results
On a considerably reduced turnout, Douglas held the seat for Labour with a majority of 9,156 votes; Joyce won just 7.4% of the votes cast, thus forfeiting his deposit.
Douglas would go on to hold the seat against Conservative opposition at the 1945 general election, until resigning in 1946 to take up the post of Governor of Malta, precipitating another by-election in the constituency.
Votes
Election box begin
title=Battersea North by-election, 1940Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Francis Douglas
votes = 9,947
percentage = 92.6
change = 33.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)|Independent
candidate = E.C. Joyce
votes = 791
percentage = 7.4
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 9,156
percentage = 85.2
change = +67.8Election box turnout
votes = 10,738
percentage = 25.1
change = -38.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = N/A
Election box begin
title=1935 General Election: Battersea NorthElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Stephen Saunders
votes = 17,596
percentage = 58.7
change = 23.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Arthur Marsden
votes = 12,393
percentage = 41.3
change = -14.1Election box majority
votes = 5,203
percentage = 17.4
change = N/AElection box turnout
votes = 29,989
percentage = 63.5
change = -4.1Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = 18.6%
ee also
* Battersea North constituency
* Battersea North by-election, 1946
* Battersea
* List of United Kingdom by-elections
* United Kingdom by-election records
References
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