Fulham East by-election, 1933
The Fulham East by-election, in Fulham, on 25 October 1933 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan died. The election was surprisingly won by John Charles Wilmot of Labour.
The seat itself is wrongly regarded as a 'safe' Conservative seat due to it returning a Conservative at most previous elections. However, it was marginal in most of those occasions except the remarkable circumstances of 1931 and Labour's electoral destruction.
The election was seen as a test of the developing mood of Pacifism in the country at the time, so much so that it became known as the 'Peace by-election'. The heavy defeat for the National Government candidate, a strong supporter of rearmament, helped, along with the Peace Ballot of 1935, to bring about a rethink in the government's agenda.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Charles Wilmot | 17,790 | 57.9 | +31.8 | |
| Conservative | William Waldron | 12,950 | 42.1 | -26.6 | |
| Majority | 4,840 | ||||
| Turnout | 30,740 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan | 23,438 | 68.7 | ||
| Labour | Sir H J Maynard | 8,917 | 26.1 | ||
| Liberal | J H Greenwood | 1,788 | 5.2 | ||
| Majority | 14,521 | 42.6 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
- Dr Chris Cook; John Ramsden (5 November 2013). By-Elections In British Politics. Routledge. pp. 104–. ISBN 978-1-134-22542-2.