1926 Chelmsford by-election

The 1926 Chelmsford by-election was held on 30 November 1926. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Henry Curtis-Bennett. It was won by the Conservative candidate Charles Howard-Bury.[1][2]

Chelmsford by-election, 1926 Electorate 39,652
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Howard-Bury	13,395	47.8	-6.9
	Liberal	Sydney Walter Robinson	8,435	30.2	-5.1
	Labour	Nils H Moller	6,140	22.0	+12.0
Majority			4,960	17.6	-1.8
Turnout			28,170	70.5	-6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.9

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
"THE BYE - ELECTION - CHELMSFORD'S "NO CHANGE" - CONSERVATIVES RETAIN SEAT". Essex Chronicle. No. 8464. 3 December 1926. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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