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1937 Plymouth Drake by-election

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1937 Plymouth Drake by-election

← 1935 15 June 1937 1945 →

Constituency of Plymouth Drake
  First party Second party
 
Lab
Candidate Henry Guest Geoffrey Garratt
Party Conservative Labour
Popular vote 15,778 11,044
Percentage 58.82% 41.18%

MP before election

Frederick Guest
Conservative

Elected MP

Henry Guest
Conservative

The 1937 Plymouth Drake by-election was held on 15 June 1937. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Frederick Guest. It was won by the Conservative candidate Henry Guest, an elder brother of Frederick.[1]

Plymouth Drake by-election, 1937[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Guest 15,778 58.82
Labour Geoffrey Garratt 11,044 41.18
Majority 4,734 17.66
Turnout 26,822
Conservative hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  2. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig