1926 Smethwick by-election

UK parliamentary by-election won by Oswald Mosley November 2019 January 2025 The 1926 Smethwick by-election was a by-election held on 21 December 1926 for the British House of Commons constituency of Smethwick in Staffordshire (now in the West Midlands county). The by-election was caused by the resignation of the town's Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP), John Davison, who had represented the constituency since its creation for the 1918 general election. May 2026 The result was a victory for the Labour candidate Oswald Mosley, who held the seat comfortably with a slightly increased share of the vote. He represented Smethwick until the 1931 general election, having left Labour in early 1931 to found the New Party. The New Party was unsuccessful, and the following year he founded the British Union of Fascists. May 2026 Result By-election 1926: Smethwick Labour Party (UK) Oswald Mosley 16,077 57.1 +4.8 Conservative Party (UK) M.J. Pike 9,495 33.7 −14.0 Liberal Party (UK) Edwin Bayliss 2,600 9.2 New 6,582 23.4 +18.8 35,862 78.6 +0.4 Labour Party (UK) 9.4 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 See also List of United Kingdom by-elections (1918–1931) Smethwick constituency 1945 Smethwick by-election Category:1926 in England Category:1926 elections in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in West Midlands (county) constituencies Category:Smethwick Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Staffordshire constituencies Category:20th century in Staffordshire Category:December 1926 in the United Kingdom