1920 Dartford by-election

{{Short description|UK Parliamentary by-election}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox election

|election_name=1920 Dartford by-election

|type=presidential

|country=United Kingdom

|previous_election=Dartford (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s

|previous_year=1918

|next_election=Dartford (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1920s

|next_year=1922

|election_date=27 March 1920

|candidate1=Mills

|image1=60px

|party1=Labour Party (UK)

|popular_vote1=13,610

|percentage1=50.1

|candidate2=Wing

|image2=60px

|party2=Liberal Party (UK)

|popular_vote2=4,562

|percentage2=16.8

|candidate3=Meller

|image3=

|party3=Unionist Party (UK)

|popular_vote3=4,221

|percentage3=15.6

|candidate4=Applin

|image4=60px

|party4=National Party (UK, 1917)

|popular_vote4=2,952

|percentage4=10.9

|candidate5=Fehr

|image5=

|party5=Independent Unionist

|popular_vote5=1,802

|percentage5=6.6

|map_image=

|map_size=250px

|title=MP

|posttitle=Subsequent MP

|before_election=Rowlands

|before_party=Liberal Party (UK)

|after_election=Jarrett

|after_party=Constitutionalist (UK)

}}

The 1920 Dartford by-election was held on 27 March 1920. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Coalition Liberal MP, James Rowlands. It was won by the Labour candidate John Edmund Mills.{{Rayment-hc|date=May 2021}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=Dartford by-election, 1920The Constitutional Year Book, 1925

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John Edmund Mills

|votes = 13,610

|percentage = 50.1

|change = +21.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Wing

|votes = 4,562

|percentage = 16.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link coalition 1918|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard Meller

|votes = 4,221

|percentage = 15.6

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = National Party (UK, 1917)

|candidate = Reginald Applin

|votes = 2,952

|percentage = 10.9

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Unionist

|candidate = Frank Emil Fehr

|votes = 1,802

|percentage = 6.6

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 9,048

|percentage = 33.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 27,147

|percentage = 61.3

|change = +13.4

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end 1918}}