1919 Plymouth Sutton by-election

The Plymouth Sutton by-election, 1919 was a parliamentary by-election held on 28 November 1919[1] for the British House of Commons constituency of Sutton in the city of Plymouth, Devon.

1919 Plymouth Sutton by-election
28 November 1919
 
Candidate Astor Gay Foot
Party Unionist Labour Liberal
Popular vote 14,495 9,292 4,139
Percentage 51.9 33.3 14.8
MP before election

Waldorf Astor
Unionist

 Subsequent MP

Nancy Astor
Unionist

The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Waldorf Astor, succeeded the peerage as the second Viscount Astor on the death of his father on 18 October 1919.

Astor had held the seat since the 1918 general election, and its predecessor Plymouth since the December 1910 general election.

Candidates

Results

Lady Astor retained the seat. She became the first woman to take up her seat in the Commons (the first woman to be elected, Countess Markievicz, the Sinn Féin MP for Dublin St Patrick's, refused to take her seat).

Votes
Plymouth Sutton by-election, 1919
Party Candidate Votes % ±
C Unionist Nancy Astor 14,495 51.9 -14.0
Labour William Thomas Gay 9,292 33.3 +12.7
Liberal Isaac Foot 4,139 14.8 +1.3
Majority 5,203 18.6 -26.7
Turnout
Unionist hold Swing -13.3
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
General election 1918: Plymouth Sutton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
C Unionist Waldorf Astor 17,091 65.9 N/A
Labour William Thomas Gay 5,334 20.6 N/A
Liberal Sidney Ransom 3,488 13.5 N/A
Majority 11,757 45.3
Turnout 59.6 N/A
Unionist hold Swing N/A
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
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See also

References
  • Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)
  1. http://www.qub.ac.uk/cawp/UKhtmls/RecordsUK.htm
  2. Joyce Bellamy, "Mercer, Thomas William (1884-1947)", Dictionary of Labour Biography, vol.I, pp.238-239
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