1939 Birmingham Aston by-election
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The 1939 Birmingham Aston by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 17 May 1939 for the British House of Commons constituency of Birmingham Aston.
Background
Arthur Hope, who served as Birmingham Aston's Member of Parliament since 1931, gave up his seat after being appointed Governor of Madras in 1939.{{cite news |date=25 March 1939 |title=Next Governor of Madras: Appointment of Captain Hope |work=The Herald |location=Glasgow}} He assumed office as governor in March 1940.{{Cite book |last=Epstein |first=Mortimer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5NXMDQAAQBAJ&dq=arthur+hope+madras+took+office+%221939%22&pg=PA153 |title=The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1941 |date=2016-12-27 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-230-27070-1 |language=en}}
= Previous result =
{{Election box begin |title=General election, 14 November 1935}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Arthur Hope
|votes = 18,933
|percentage = 68.8
|change = -2.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Rudolph Putnam Messel
|votes = 8,578
|percentage = 31.2
|change = +12.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,355
|percentage = 37.6
|change = -14.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 27,511
|percentage = 64.5
|change = -9.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Candidates
- Edward Kellett - A lieutenant in the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry.[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33584/pages/1312 London Gazette 33584] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016160013/http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33584/pages/1312|date=16 October 2012}}
- Samuel Segal - Physician and son of Moshe Zvi Segal.{{Cite web |title=Dr. Samuel Segal, Labor Zionist, Named a Life Peer in England |url=https://www.jta.org/archive/dr-samuel-segal-labor-zionist-named-a-life-peer-in-england |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |language=en-US}}
Result
{{Election box begin |
|title= Birmingham Aston, by-election 1939}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Kellett
|votes = 12,033
|percentage = 66.3
|change = -2.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Samuel Segal|votes=6,122|percentage=33.7|change=+2.5}}
{{Election box majority||votes=5,911|percentage=32.6|change=-5.0}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=18,155|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Aftermath
Kellett sat until killed on active service in 1943. The Conservatives also held the ensuing by-election.
{{Election box begin |title=General election, 5 July 1945}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Woodrow Wyatt
|votes = 15,031
|percentage = 61.9
|change = +30.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = F.B. Normansell
|votes = 9,264
|percentage = 38.1
|change = -30.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,767
|percentage = 23.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 24,295
|percentage = 67.75
|change = +3.2
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
{{reflist}}
- 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}}
Category:1939 elections in the United Kingdom