1944 Bilston by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2025 December 2016 A by-election for the constituency of Bilston in the United Kingdom House of Commons was held on 20 September 1944, caused by the death of the incumbent Conservative MP Ian Hannah. The result was a hold for the Conservative Party, with their candidate William Ernest Gibbons, with a majority of just 349 votesPioneer journalist and conscientious objector who rejected Fleet Street https://web.archive.org/web/20121031132158/http://www.nicholasjones.org.uk/articles/29-media-ethics/218-pioneer-journalist-and-conscientous-objector-who-rejected-fleet-street 31 October 2012 Nicholas Jones over an Independent Labour Party candidate.British General Election 1945 - Chapter "Independents and Others" Page 120 British General Election 1945 R. B. McCallum and Alison Redman Election history General election 1935: Bilstonhttp://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge35/i02.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110811181431/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge35/i02.htm dead 11 August 2011 Politics Resources 14 November 1939 Election 1939 Politics Resources 2011-11-08 Conservative Party (UK) Ian Hannah 18,689 51.2 Labour Party (UK) David Mort 17,820 48.8 869 2.4 36,509 70.9 Conservative Party (UK) Result Bilston by-election, 1944 Conservative Party (UK) William Ernest Gibbons 9,693 50.9 -0.3 Independent Labour Party A. Eaton 9,344 49.1 New 349 1.8 -0.6 19,037 Conservative Party (UK) References Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. 0-900178-06-X. March 2012 Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in West Midlands (county) constituencies Bilston by-election Bilston by-election Bilston by-election Category:Elections in Wolverhampton Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Staffordshire constituencies Category:20th century in Staffordshire