1925 Forest of Dean by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

The 1925 Forest of Dean by-election was held on 14 July 1925. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, James Wignall. It was won by the Labour candidate A. A. Purcell.^[1]

Forest of Dean by-election, 1925^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. A. Purcell	11,629	48.5
	Unionist	Michael Beaumont	8,607	35.8
	Liberal	W.H. West	3,774	15.7
Majority			3,022	12.7
Turnout			24,010	80.9	+10.9
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
^ "Forest of Dean Election". North Devon Journal. 16 July 1925. Retrieved 13 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.

« 33rd Parliament « By-elections to the 34th Parliament of the United Kingdom » 35th Parliament »

1924

December: Dundee

1925

February: Walsall
June: Ayr Burghs
Eastbourne
Oldham
July: Forest of Dean
September: Stockport
November: Galloway
December: Bury St Edmunds
Ripon

1926

January: Dunbartonshire
January: East Renfrewshire
February: Cambridge University
Darlington
March: Combined English Universities
Bothwell
April: East Ham North
May: Buckrose
Hammersmith North
July: Wallsend
September: North Cumberland
November: Howdenshire
Kingston-upon-Hull Central
Chelmsford
December: Smethwick

1927

1928

1929

January: Londonderry
January: Midlothian and Peebles Northern
February: Battersea South
Bishop Auckland
Wansbeck
March: Liverpool East Toxteth
Eddisbury
Bath
Holland with Boston
North Lanarkshire

Lists of UK by-elections: 1801–1806; 1806–1818; 1818–1832; 1832–1847; 1847–1857; 1857–1868; 1868–1885; 1885–1900; 1900–1918; 1918–1931; 1931–1950; 1950–1979; 1979–2010; 2010–present; Northern Ireland; Hereditary peers