1939 Birmingham Aston by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 The 1939 Birmingham Aston by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 17 May 1939 for the British House of Commons constituency of Birmingham Aston. Background Arthur Hope, who served as Birmingham Aston's Member of Parliament since 1931, gave up his seat after being appointed Governor of Madras in 1939.25 March 1939 Next Governor of Madras: Appointment of Captain Hope The Herald Glasgow He assumed office as governor in March 1940.Epstein Mortimer https://books.google.com/books?id=5NXMDQAAQBAJ&dq=arthur+hope+madras+took+office+%221939%22&pg=PA153 The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1941 2016-12-27 Springer 978-0-230-27070-1 en Previous result General election, 14 November 1935 Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Hope 18,933 68.8 -2.1 Labour Party (UK) Rudolph Putnam Messel 8,578 31.2 +12.0 10,355 37.6 -14.1 27,511 64.5 -9.0 Conservative Party (UK) Candidates Edward Kellett - A lieutenant in the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry.London Gazette 33584 https://web.archive.org/web/20121016160013/http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33584/pages/1312 16 October 2012 Samuel Segal - Physician and son of Moshe Zvi Segal.Dr. Samuel Segal, Labor Zionist, Named a Life Peer in England https://www.jta.org/archive/dr-samuel-segal-labor-zionist-named-a-life-peer-in-england 2023-01-24 Jewish Telegraphic Agency en-US Result Birmingham Aston, by-election 1939 Conservative Party (UK) Edward Kellett 12,033 66.3 -2.5 Labour Party (UK) Samuel Segal 6,122 33.7 +2.5 5,911 32.6 -5.0 18,155 Conservative Party (UK) Aftermath Kellett sat until killed on active service in 1943. The Conservatives also held the ensuing by-election. General election, 5 July 1945 Labour Party (UK) Woodrow Wyatt 15,031 61.9 +30.7 Conservative Party (UK) F.B. Normansell 9,264 38.1 -30.7 5,767 23.8 N/A 24,295 67.75 +3.2 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 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:1939 in England Aston, 1943 Category:1930s in Birmingham, West Midlands Category:May 1939 in the United Kingdom