Election Name: | 1937 Plymouth Drake by-election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Seats For Election: | Constituency of Plymouth Drake |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1935 United Kingdom general election |
Previous Year: | 1935 |
Next Election: | 1945 United Kingdom general election |
Next Year: | 1945 |
Election Date: | 15 June 1937 |
Candidate1: | Henry Guest |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Popular Vote1: | 15,778 |
Percentage1: | 58.82% |
Candidate2: | Geoffrey Garratt |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Popular Vote2: | 11,044 |
Percentage2: | 41.18% |
MP | |
Before Election: | Frederick Guest |
Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
After Election: | Henry Guest |
After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
The 1937 Plymouth Drake by-election was held on 15 June 1937. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Frederick Guest. It was won by the Conservative candidate Henry Guest, an elder brother of Frederick.