1939 Stretford by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1939 Stretford by-election was held on 8 December 1939. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Anthony Crossley in a plane crash in Denmark in August 1939.British Airways Liner Lost: M.P. Drowned With Four Others, Crash Off Danish Coast 1939-08-16 10 48385 It was won by the Conservative candidate Ralph Etherton.May 2021 By-election 1939: Lancashire, Stretford DivisionUnionist Victory at Stretford The Times, 11 December 1939, p. 5 Conservative Party (UK) Ralph Etherton 23,408 79.8 +15.4 Independent Labour Party (UK) Robert Edwards 4,424 15.1 N/A Communist Party of Great Britain Eric Gower 1,514 5.1 New 18,984 64.7 +35.9 29,346 Conservative Party (UK) References Category:1939 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1939 in England Category:1930s in Lancashire Category:Elections in Trafford Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Greater Manchester constituencies Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Lancashire constituencies Category:December 1939 in the United Kingdom