1933 Fulham East by-election

UK by-election April 2022 June 2025 The 1933 Fulham East by-election, in Fulham, on 25 October 1933 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan died.June 2025 The election was surprisingly won by John Charles Wilmot of Labour. The seat itself is wrongly regarded as a 'safe' Conservative seat because it returned a Conservative at most previous elections. However, it was marginal in most of those occasions except the remarkable circumstances of 1931 and Labour's electoral destruction. The election was seen as a test of the developing mood of pacifism in the country at the time, so much so that it became known as the 'Peace by-election'. The heavy defeat for the National Government candidate, a strong supporter of rearmament, helped, along with the Peace Ballot of 1935, to bring about a rethink in the government's agenda. Result Fulham by-election, 1933 Labour Party (UK) John Wilmot 17,790 57.9 +31.8 Conservative Party (UK) William Waldron 12,950 42.1 -26.6 4,840 15.8 N/A 30,740 59.5 -7.6 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +29.2 Previous result General election 1931: Fulham East Conservative Party (UK) Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan 23,438 68.7 +14.4 Labour Party (UK) H J Maynard 8,917 26.1 -13.3 Liberal Party (UK) J H Greenwood 1,788 5.2 -11.1 14,521 42.6 +37.7 34,143 66.1 -0.5 Conservative Party (UK) Aftermath A correspondent in The Glasgow Herald described the result as "an unpleasant surprise", noting that while it was not expected that Waldron would obtain "a large majority, there was a confident hope that he at least would win through. Certainly a Labour majority of 4840 was not in the picture." The same author considered various factors as lying behind the result including apathy of Conservative and Liberal voters, and Germany's withdrawal from the League of Nations and the World Disarmament Conference causing a "War scare" which Wilmot's supporters exploited to win votes, particularly from female voters.East Fulham Election. Some Causes of the Labour Victory. Effect of International Events https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19331027&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 31 October 2020 The Glasgow Herald 27 October 1933 10 Ultimately Wilmot would fail to be re-elected for the seat at the next general election, with the Conservative William Astor gaining the seat with a majority of just over 1,000 votes.The Times House of Commons 1935 1935 The Times Office London 36 References Dr Chris Cook John Ramsden By-Elections In British Politics https://books.google.com/books?id=JX_7AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA104 5 November 2013 Routledge 978-1-134-22542-2 104– Category:1933 elections in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in London constituencies Category:Elections in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Category:1933 in London Category:October 1933 in the United Kingdom Category:Fulham