:1939 Caerphilly by-election
{{Short description|UK parliamentary by-election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2022}}
The 1939 Caerphilly by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 4 July 1939 for the British House of Commons constituency of Caerphilly.
Previous MP
Morgan Jones was the previous member of Parliament. He died on 23 April 1939. He was a conscientious objector during the First World War.
Previous result
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1935: CaerphillyCraig, F. W. S. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (1 ed.). Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. {{ISBN|0-900178-019}}. Page 557}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = Morgan Jones
|votes = 24,846
|percentage = 76.2
|change = +8.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = GT Stoneham
|votes = 7,738
|percentage = 23.8
|change = -8.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 17,108
|percentage = 52.5
|change = +17.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 32,584
|percentage = 72.3
|change = -4.3
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 45,057
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Welsh Labour
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Candidates
Ness Edwards was a coal miner and during the first world war, a conscientious objector.
Ronald Bell was a barrister, and later became a politician.
Result
{{Election box begin|title=1939 Caerphilly by-election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = Ness Edwards
|votes = 19,847
|percentage = 68.0
|change = -8.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = Ronald Bell
|votes = 9,349
|percentage = 32.0
|change = +8.2
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,498
|percentage = 36.0
|change = -16.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 29,196
|percentage = 68.4
|change = -3.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 42,678
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Welsh Labour
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Aftermath
{{Election box begin |title=General election 1945: Caerphilly}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Labour
|candidate = Ness Edwards
|votes = 29,158
|percentage = 80.2
|change = +4.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Welsh Conservatives
|candidate = John Frederick Manuel de Courcy
|votes = 7,189
|percentage = 19.8
|change = -4.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 21,969
|percentage = 60.4
|change = +7.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 36,347
|percentage = 77.2
|change = +4.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 47,078
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Welsh Labour
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Notes and references
{{Reflist}}
External links
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1979)
{{By-elections to the 37th UK Parliament}}
{{Westminster by-elections in Wales 1900–1949}}
Category:1939 elections in the United Kingdom
Category:1930s elections in Wales
Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Welsh constituencies