1919 Chester-le-Street by-election

none November 2019 1919 Chester-le-Street by-election United Kingdom by-election Popular Chester-le-Street (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s 1918 1919 11 13 yes Chester-le-Street (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1920s 1922 63.7% File:Lord Lawson of Beamish (cropped).jpg Jack Lawson Labour Party (UK) 17,838 77.1% 22.9% File:David Gilmour - trade unionist (cropped).png David Gilmour National Democratic and Labour Party Coalition 5,313 22.9% New MP John Taylor Labour Party (UK) Subsequent MP Jack Lawson Labour Party (UK) The 1919 Chester-le-Street by-election was held on 13 November 1919. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Labour Member of Parliament (MP), John Wilkinson Taylor. It was won by the Labour candidate Jack Lawson.May 2021 Result Chester-le-Street by-election, 1919Chester-le-Street Election Tamworth Herald 6 December 1919 5 October 2016 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000484/19191206/008/0002 British Newspaper Archive subscription Labour Party (UK) Jack Lawson 17,838 77.1 N/A National Democratic and Labour Party David Gilmour 5,313 22.9 New 12,525 54.2 N/A 23,151 63.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) References Chester-le-Street by-election Chester-le-Street by-election Category:20th century in County Durham Category:Chester-le-Street by-elections Chester-le-Street by-election