Plymouth Sutton by-election, 1919
- Plymouth Sutton by-election, 1919
The Plymouth Sutton by-election, 1919 was a parliamentary by-election held on 15 November 1919 for the British House of Commons constituency of Sutton in the city of Plymouth, Devon.
The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Waldorf Astor, succeded to the peerage as the second Viscount Astor on the death of his father on 18 October 1919.
Astor had held the seat since the 1918 general election, and its predecessor Plymouth since the December 1910 general election.
Candidates
The Conservative Party selected as its candidate Astor's wife Nancy, Lady Astor. She was also the candidate of the Coalition Government.
The Asquithian Liberals stood Isaac Foot, who had served on Plymouth City Council and had previously contested Totnes and Bodmin. W.T. Gay stood for Labour, having done so in the 1918 election.
Results
Lady Astor retained the seat. She became the first woman to take up her seat in the Commons (the first woman to be elected, Countess Markiewicz, the Sinn Fein MP for Dublin St Patrick's, refused to take her seat).
Votes
Election box begin
title=Plymouth Sutton by-election, 1919Election box candidate with party link
party = Coalition Conservative
candidate = Lady Astor
votes = 14,495
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = W.T. Gay
votes = 9,292
percentage =
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party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Isaac Foot
votes = 4,139
percentage =
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votes = 5,203
percentage =
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votes =
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Coalition Conservative
swing =
Election box begin
title=General Election 14 December 1918: Plymouth SuttonElection box candidate with party link
party = Coalition Conservative
candidate = Waldorf Astor
votes = 17,091
percentage =
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = W.T. Gay
votes = 5,334
percentage =
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Capt. S. Ransom
votes = 3,488
percentage =
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 11,757
percentage =
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votes =
percentage = 59.6
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"
ee also
* List of United Kingdom by-elections
* Plymouth Sutton constituency
References
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