1937 Cheltenham by-election
{{Short description|1937 UK parliamentary by-election}}
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The 1937 Cheltenham by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 22 June 1937 for the British House of Commons constituency of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire.
The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Sir Walter Preston, had resigned from the House of Commons on 27 May 1937. He had held the seat since a by-election in 1928, having previously been MP for Mile End from 1918 to 1923.
The local Conservative party refused to endorse Daniel Lipson as its candidate following an anti-Jewish whispering campaign. Lipson won as an Independent Conservative and was re-elected at the 1945 general election as a National Independent, although his vote collapsed in the 1950 election when he lost to the Conservative Party candidate William Hicks Beach.
Result and votes
{{Election box begin |
|title=Cheltenham by-election, 22nd June 1937}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent Conservative
|candidate = Daniel Lipson
|votes = 10,533
|percentage = 40.0
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = R. T. Harper
|votes = 10,194
|percentage = 38.8
|change = −31.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Cyril Poole
|votes = 5,570
|percentage = 21.2
|change = −8.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 339
|percentage = 1.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 26,297
|percentage = 69.3
|change = −1.1}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Independent Conservative
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
- {{cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |author-link= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 |orig-year=1969 |edition= 3rd |year=1983 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn= 0-900178-06-X}}
{{By-elections to the 37th UK Parliament}}
{{Cheltenham, Gloucestershire}}
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Category:1937 elections in the United Kingdom
Category:Politics of Cheltenham
Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Gloucestershire constituencies