Chippenham by-election, 1943

Chippenham by-election, 1943

The Chippenham by-election, 1943 was a parliamentary by-election held in England on 24 August 1943 for the British House of Commons constituency of Chippenham in Wiltshire.

The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Victor Cazalet, was killed in an aircraft crash on 4 July 1943, aged 46. He had held the seat since the 1924 general election.

The result was a narrow victory for the Conseravtive candidate, David Eccles over his sole opponent, the Independent Liberal Dr D. M. Johnson.

Votes

Chippenham by-election, 24th August 1943
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Eccles 8,310 50.6 −2.7
Independent Liberal Donald McIntosh Johnson 8,115 49.4 N/A
Majority 195 1.2 −17.6
Turnout 16,425 41.4 −36.1
Conservative hold Swing

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