Election Name: | 1921 Taunton by-election |
Type: | presidential |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Previous Election: | Taunton (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s |
Previous Year: | 1918 |
Next Election: | Taunton (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1920s |
Next Year: | 1922 |
Election Date: | 8 April 1921 |
Candidate1: | Griffith-Boscawen |
Party1: | Unionist Party (UK) |
Popular Vote1: | 12,994 |
Percentage1: | 61.1% |
Candidate2: | Lunnon |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Popular Vote2: | 8,290 |
Percentage2: | 38.9% |
Map Size: | 250px |
MP | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent MP |
Before Election: | Boles |
Before Party: | Unionist Party (UK) |
After Election: | Simpson |
After Party: | Liberal Party (UK) |
The 1921 Taunton by-election was held on 8 April 1921. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Coalition Unionist MP, Dennis Fortescue Boles. It was won by the Coalition Unionist candidate Arthur Griffith-Boscawen.