Election Name: | 1919 Chester-le-Street by-election |
Type: | presidential |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Previous Election: | Chester-le-Street (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s |
Previous Year: | 1918 |
Next Election: | Chester-le-Street (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1920s |
Next Year: | 1922 |
Election Date: | 13 November 1919 |
Candidate1: | Lawson |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Popular Vote1: | 17,838 |
Percentage1: | 77.1% |
Candidate2: | Gilmour |
Party2: | NDLP |
Popular Vote2: | 5,313 |
Percentage2: | 22.9% |
Map Size: | 250px |
MP | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent MP |
Before Election: | Taylor |
Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
After Election: | Lawson |
After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
The 1919 Chester-le-Street by-election was held on 13 November 1919. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Labour Member of Parliament (MP), John Wilkinson Taylor. It was won by the Labour candidate Jack Lawson.