1937 Cheltenham by-election

1937 UK parliamentary by-election December 2020 September 2015 The 1937 Cheltenham by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 22 June 1937 for the British House of Commons constituency of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire. The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Sir Walter Preston, had resigned from the House of Commons on 27 May 1937. He had held the seat since a by-election in 1928, having previously been MP for Mile End from 1918 to 1923. The local Conservative Party refused to endorse Daniel Lipson as its candidate following an anti-Jewish whispering campaign. Lipson won as an Independent Conservative and was re-elected at the 1945 general election as a National Independent, although his vote collapsed in the 1950 election when he lost to the Conservative Party candidate William Hicks Beach. Result Cheltenham by-election, 22nd June 1937 Independent Conservative Daniel Lipson 10,533 40.0 New Conservative Party (UK) R. T. Harper 10,194 38.8 −31.7 Labour Party (UK) Cyril Poole 5,570 21.2 −8.3 339 1.2 N/A 26,297 69.3 −1.1 Independent Conservative Conservative Party (UK) See also Cheltenham constituency 1911 Cheltenham by-election 1928 Cheltenham by-election Cheltenham Lists of United Kingdom by-elections United Kingdom by-election records References Craig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 1969 3rd 1983 Parliamentary Research Services Chichester 0-900178-06-X Category:1937 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1937 in England Category:Politics of Cheltenham Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Gloucestershire constituencies Category:20th century in Gloucestershire Category:June 1937 in the United Kingdom