Election Name: | November 1920 The Wrekin by-election |
Type: | by-election |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Previous Election: | February 1920 The Wrekin by-election |
Previous Year: | Feb 1920 |
Next Election: | The Wrekin (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1920s |
Next Year: | 1922 |
Election Date: | 20 November 1920 |
Candidate1: | Townshend |
Party1: | IPG |
Popular Vote1: | 14,565 |
Percentage1: | 57.9 |
Candidate2: | Duncan |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Popular Vote2: | 10,600 |
Percentage2: | 42.1 |
Map Size: | 250px |
MP | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent MP |
Before Election: | Palmer |
Before Party: | Independent Parliamentary Group |
After Election: | Townshend |
After Party: | Independent Parliamentary Group |
1920 The Wrekin by-election was held on 20 November 1920. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Independent Parliamentary Group MP, Charles Palmer. It was won by the Independent Parliamentary Group candidate, 59-year old retired Major-General Sir Charles Townshend, who was against the current Unionist-Liberal coalition government and beat Charles Duncan, 55-year old Labour candidate and former MP.