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1937 Stalybridge and Hyde by-election

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The 1937 Stalybridge and Hyde by-election was held on 28 April 1937. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Philip Dunne. It was won by the Conservative candidate Horace Trevor-Cox.[1]

The Labour candidate, the Reverend Gordon Lang was the former MP for Oldham and in the 1945 general election won the seat on a large swing.

Stalybridge and Hyde by-election, 1937
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Horace Trevor-Cox 21,901 50.4
Labour Gordon Lang 21,567 49.6
Majority 334 0.8
Turnout 43,468
Conservative hold Swing

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