Swansea East by-election, 1919
- Swansea East by-election, 1919
The Swansea East by-election, 1919 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Swansea East on 10 July 1919.
The seat had become vacant when the Coalition Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) Thomas Jeremiah Williams had died on 12 June 1919, aged 46. He had held the seat since its creation at the 1918 general election.
The Coalition Liberal candidate, David Matthews, held the seat for his party, but with a greatly reduced majority. His Labour opponent, David Williams, stood again at the 1922 general election and won the seat.
Votes
Election box begin
title=Swansea East by-election, 1919Election box candidate with party link
party = Coalition Liberal
candidate = David Matthews
votes = 9,250
percentage = 53.1
change = −10.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Williams
votes = 8,158
percentage = 46.9
change = +10.5Election box majority
votes = 1,092
percentage = 6.2
change = −21.0Election box turnout
votes = 17,408
percentage = 64.0
change = −0.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Coalition Liberal
swing = −10.5
See also
* Swansea East constituency
* Swansea East by-election, 1940
* Swansea East by-election, 1963
* Swansea
* List of United Kingdom by-elections (1918–1931)
* United Kingdom by-election records
References
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