1920 Ilford by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 1920 Ilford by-election presidential United Kingdom Ilford (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s 1918 Ilford (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1920s 1922 25 September 1920 Wise 70px Unionist Party (UK) 15,612 54.38% King 70px Labour Party (UK) 6,577 22.91% Thompson 74px Liberal Party (UK) 6,515 22.69% File:Ilford1918.png 250px MP Subsequent MP Griggs Unionist Party (UK) Wise Unionist Party (UK) The 1920 Ilford by-election of 25 September 1920 was held after the death of the Coalition Unionist Member of Parliament Sir William Peter Griggs. The Coalition retained the seat in the by-election. Candidates Fredric Wise, a stockbroker, was the Coalition Unionist candidate. Joseph King was the Labour candidate. He was a former Liberal MP for North Somerset. Major John William Howard Thompson was the Liberal candidate. He was a former MP for East Somerset. British Pathe has newsreel footage of the three candidates standing outside their election count. http://www.britishpathe.com/video/election-at-ilford/query/election Result Ilford by-election, 1920 Unionist Party (UK) Fredric Wise 15,612 54.38 -12.4 Labour Party (UK) Joseph King 6,577 22.91 +3.4 Liberal Party (UK) John Thompson 6,515 22.69 +8.9 9,035 31.47 -15.0 28,704 66.2 +7.9 Unionist Party (UK) +4.0 Aftermath Wise was re-elected at the following General Election when Thompson again stood, but this time, beat the Labour candidate into third place. 1922 general election: IlfordF W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949 Unionist Party (UK) Fredric Wise 14,071 44.4 -10.0 Liberal Party (UK) John Thompson 7,625 24.0 +1.3 Labour Party (UK) Augustus West 5,414 17.1 -5.8 Independent Unionist Frederick C. Bramston 4,610 14.5 New 6,446 20.4 -11.1 31,720 70.5 +4.3 Unionist Party (UK) -5.6 See also List of United Kingdom by-elections (1918–1931) 1954 Ilford North by-election 1978 Ilford North by-election References Ilford By-Election - Unionist Candidate Chosen News 24 August 1920 7 42497 C Ilford Retained - Large Coalition Majority News 9 October 1920 10 42537 F Ilford by-election Ilford,1920 Ilford by-election Ilford,1920 Ilford,1920 Category:1920s in Essex Category:Ilford Category:September 1920 in the United Kingdom