1939 Southwark North by-election

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1939 Southwark North by-election

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19 May 1939

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	First party	Second party
		LNP
Candidate	George Isaacs	A.H. Henderson-Livesey
Party	Labour	National Liberal
Popular vote	5,815	4,322
Percentage	57.4%	42.6%
Swing	7.6%	7.6%

A map of parliamentary constituencies within the County of London at the time of the by-election, with Southwark North highlighted in red.

MP before election

Edward Strauss
National Liberal

Elected MP

George Isaacs
Labour

The Southwark North by-election by-election, 1939 was a parliamentary by-election held on 19 May 1939 for the British House of Commons constituency of Southwark North.

Previous MP

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Previous Result

1935 United Kingdom general election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National Liberal	Edward Strauss	8,086	50.2
	Labour	George Isaacs	8,007	49.8
Majority			79	0.4
Turnout			16,093
	National Liberal hold		Swing

Candidates

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Result

Southwark North by-election, 1939^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Isaacs	5,815	57.4	+7.6
	National Liberal	A.H. Henderson-Livesey	4,322	42.6	−7.6
Majority			1,493	14.8	N/A
Turnout			10,137
	Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing

Aftermath

In the 1945 general election,

1945 United Kingdom general election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Isaacs	5,943	69.0	+11.6
	National Liberal	Edward Terrell	2,673	31.0	−11.6
Majority			3,270	38.0	+23.2
Turnout			8,616
	Labour hold		Swing

References

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

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