1939 Sheffield Hallam by-election

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

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The 1939 Sheffield Hallam by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in the United Kingdom on 10 May 1939 for the House of Commons constituency of Sheffield Hallam in Yorkshire.

Previous MP

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Previous Result

{{Election box begin |title=General election, 14 November 1935}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Louis Smith

|votes = 21,298

|percentage = 67.3

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Grace Colman

|votes = 10,346

|percentage = 32.7

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 10,952

|percentage = 34.6

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 31,644

|percentage = 71.7

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

Candidates

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Result

{{Election box begin |

|title= Sheffield Hallam by-election, 1939}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Roland Jennings

|votes = 16,033

|percentage = 61.7

|change = -5.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = C. S. Darvill

|votes = 9,939

|percentage = 38.3

|change = +5.6

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 6,094

|percentage = 23.4

|change = -11.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 25,972

|percentage = 57.8

|change = -13.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

Aftermath

In the 1945 general election,

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1945: Sheffield Hallam}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Roland Jennings

|votes = 15,874

|percentage = 47.1

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John Frederick Drabble

|votes = 13,009

|percentage = 38.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Gerald Abrahams

|votes = 2,614

|percentage = 7.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of Great Britain

|candidate = Gordon Cree

|votes = 2,253

|percentage = 6.7

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,865

|percentage = 8.6

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 33,750

|percentage = 75.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

References

  • 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

Category:1939 in England

Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Sheffield constituencies

Category:1930s in Sheffield

Category:May 1939 in the United Kingdom