1939 Down by-election

UK parliamentary by-election December 2023 June 2025 November 2013The 1939 Down by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in the United Kingdom on 10 May 1939 for the House of Commons constituency of Down in Northern Ireland. Previous Result General election 1935: Down Ulster Unionist Party David Reid 66,324 46.4 N/A Ulster Unionist Party John Simms 58,777 43.5 N/A Independent Republican (Ireland) Patrick O'Hagan 20,236 13.3 New 38,541 30.2 N/A 145,337 56.7 N/A Ulster Unionist Party N/A Ulster Unionist Party N/A Result James Little was elected unopposed as an Ulster Unionist. Aftermath Little subsequently left the party in the run-up to the 1945 general election in a dispute over re-selection, stood and was re-elected as an Independent Unionist. General election 1945: Down Independent Unionist James Little 46,732 40.4 N/A Ulster Unionist Party Walter Smiles 24,148 20.9 -22.6 Ulster Unionist Party John Blakiston Houston 22,730 19.6 -26.8 Independent Unionist James Brown 22,163 19.1 New 24,002 20.8 N/A 115,773 39.8 -16.9 Independent Unionist Ulster Unionist Party N/A Ulster Unionist Party References British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1979) Category:1939 elections in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Down constituencies Category:Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom Category:20th century in County Down Category:1939 elections in Northern Ireland Category:May 1939 in the United Kingdom