1921 Dover by-election

UK parliamentary by-election March 2018 March 2018 1921 Dover by-election presidential United Kingdom Dover (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s 1918 Dover (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1920s 1922 12 January 1921 Polson 85px Independent politician 13,947 56.3% Astor 85px Unionist Party (UK) 10,817 43.7% 250px MP Subsequent MP Ponsonby Unionist Party (UK) Astor Unionist Party (UK) The 1921 Dover by-election was held on 12 January 1921. The by-election was held due to the succession to the peerage of the incumbent Coalition Unionist MP, Vere Ponsonby as Ninth Earl of Bessborough. It was won by the Independent candidate Thomas Andrew Polson.May 2021 Polson's election was supported by Horatio Bottomley, but although claimed by Bottonmley as a member of the right-wing Independent Parliamentary Group, he joined the Anti-Waste League shortly after his election. Polson stood again at the general election in November 1922, but was defeated by the Unionist candidate John Jacob Astor, whom he had defeated at the by-election in 1921.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 384 Result Dover by-election, 1921 Independent (politician) Thomas Andrew Polson 13,947 56.3 New Unionist Party (UK) John Jacob Astor 10,817 43.7 -25.0 3,130 12.6 N/A 24,764 71.0 +24.5 Independent (politician) Unionist Party (UK) References Category:1921 in England Category:History of Dover, Kent Category:1921 elections in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Kent constituencies Category:1920s in Kent Category:January 1921 in the United Kingdom