The Wrekin by-election, 1920 (November)

The Wrekin by-election of 1920 was held on 20 November 1920. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Independent MP, Charles Frederick Palmer. It was won by the Independent Conservative candidate Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend,^[1] who was against the current Conservative-Liberal coalition.

Townshend

The Wrekin by-election, 1920 (November ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Unionist	Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend	14,565	57.9
	Labour	Charles Duncan	10,600	42.1
Majority			3,965	15.8
Turnout				78.3
	Independent Unionist hold		Swing

References

↑ http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
↑ The Constitutional Year Book, 1925

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