Sheffield Hallam by-election, 1939

The Sheffield Hallam by-election, 1939 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 Result

General Election, 14 November 1935

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Louis William Smith	21,298	67.3
	Labour	Grace Mary Colman	10,346	32.7
Majority			10,952	34.6
Turnout				71.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Result

Sheffield Hallam by-election, 1939

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Roland Jennings	16,033	61.7
	Labour	C. S. Darvill	9,939	38.3
Majority			6,094	23.4
Turnout				57.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aftermath

In the 1945 general election,

General Election 1945: Sheffield Hallam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Roland Jennings	15,874	47.1
	Labour	John Frederick Drabble	13,009	38.5
	Liberal	Gerald Abrahams	2,614	7.7
	Communist	Gordon Cree	2,253	6.7
Majority			2,865	8.6
Turnout				75.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1979)