1942 Poplar South by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 right|thumb|300px|Poplar South in the Parliamentary County of London, showing boundaries used from 1918 to 1950. The 1942 Poplar South by-election was a by-election held on 12 August 1942 for the British House of Commons constituency of Poplar South, which covered the Isle of Dogs and Poplar in the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar. Vacancy The by-election was caused by the death of the constituency's Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) David Morgan Adams, who had held the seat since the 1931 general election. The result at the last election was; General election 14 November 1935: Poplar South F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949 Electorate Labour Party (UK) David Morgan Adams 18,715 73.2 +15.6 Conservative Party (UK) Diana Spearman 6,862 26.8 -15.6 11,853 46.4 +31.2 25,577 55.3 -3.3 Labour Party (UK) +15.6 In accordance with the war-time electoral pact, neither the Conservative nor the Liberal parties fielded a candidate. The Labour candidate, William Henry Guy, was opposed by the Revd. P. Figgis, who stood as a "Christian Socialist". Result With many men away at war, an electoral register which had not been updated for years, and the seat a safe Labour one, turnout was extremely low at 8.5%. This is the lowest turnout recorded in any UK Parliamentary election since at least the 1918 general election, which was the beginning of universal suffrage in the United Kingdom. Labour retained the seat easily. Poplar South by-election, 1942 F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949 Electorate Labour Party (UK) William Henry Guy 3,375 86.2 +13.0 Christian Socialist P. Figgis 541 13.8 New 2,834 72.4 +26.0 3,916 8.5 -46.8 Labour Party (UK) 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 March 2012 See also List of United Kingdom by-elections Poplar South constituency 1914 Poplar by-election United Kingdom by-election records Poplar South,1942 Poplar South by-election Poplar South by-election Poplar South,1942 Poplar South by-election Poplar South by-election