| 词条 | 1921 Lewisham West by-election |
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|election_name=1921 Lewisham West by-election |type=presidential |country=United Kingdom |previous_election=Lewisham West (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s |previous_year=1918 |next_election=Lewisham West (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1920s |next_year=1922 |election_date=13 September 1921 |candidate1=Dawson |image1= |party1=Unionist Party (UK) |popular_vote1=9,427 |percentage1=38.9 |candidate2=Windham |image2= |party2=Anti-Waste League |popular_vote2=8,580 |percentage2=35.4 |candidate3=Raffety |image3= |party3=Liberal Party (UK) |popular_vote3=6,211 |percentage3=25.6 |map_image=File:LewishamWest1918.png |map_size=250px |title=MP |posttitle=Subsequent MP |before_election=Coates |before_party=Unionist Party (UK) |after_election=Dawson |after_party=Unionist Party (UK) }} The Lewisham West by-election, 1921 was a by-election held on 13 September 1921 for the British House of Commons constituency of Lewisham West. VacancyThe by-election was triggered by the death of the serving Unionist Member of Parliament (MP), Sir Edward Coates. Electoral historyThis was considered a normally safe Conservative seat - Coates had been unopposed at the preceding general election; {{Election box begin | title=General Election 1918}}{{Election box candidate unopposed with party link coalition 1918| |party = Unionist Party (UK) |candidate = Edward Coates }}{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Unionist Party (UK) }}{{Election box end 1918}} Candidates
CampaignExcessive government expenditure was a major theme of the campaign: Dawson ran under the 'Conservative and Anti-Waste' banner, and Raffety also proclaimed himself an opponent of high spending.[1] No other major issues separated the candidates - all, for instance, declared themselves in favour of proportional representation[2] - and the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship, who questioned all three on behalf of women voters, declined to make a recommendation.[3] Dawson won the support of the Middle Classes Union. The only point of controversy consisted of rumours which circulated to the effect that Dawson, who had worked for the Ministry of Munitions during the war, was a foreigner. He responded, according to The Times, by issuing a leaflet entitled 'Dirt' which insisted that he was of pure British stock, and produced details.[4] An article in the Washington Post claimed that he admitted to being the illegitimate son of Field Marshal Sir Neville Chamberlain, and to have originally been given the surname Duvalle.[5] ResultThe result was a close three-way fight, with Dawson elected with a majority of only 847. British Pathe has newsreel footage of Dawson emerging victorious from the count. http://www.britishpathe.com/video/sir-philip-dawson/query/election {{Election box begin | title=Lewisham West by-election, 1921}}{{Election box candidate with party link||party = Unionist Party (UK) |candidate = Philip Dawson |votes = 9,427 |percentage = 38.9 |change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Anti-Waste League |candidate =Walter George Windham |votes = 8,580 |percentage = 35.4 |change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Frank Raffety |votes = 6,211 |percentage = 25.6 |change = }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 847 |percentage = 3.5 |change = }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 24,218 |percentage = 59.2 |change = }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Unionist Party (UK) |swing = }}{{Election box end}} AftermathDawson would go on to hold the seat until his death 17 years later. {{Election box begin | title=General Election 15 November 1922[6]}}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Unionist Party (UK) |candidate = Philip Dawson |votes = 16,216 |percentage = |change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Barrett Lennard Albemarle O'Malley |votes = 8,469 |percentage = |change = }}{{Election box majority| |votes = |percentage = |change = }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = |percentage = |change = }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Unionist Party (UK) |swing = }}{{Election box end}} References1. ^The Times, 27 August 1921. 2. ^'West Lewisham Contest. Three Candidates Nominated', The Times, 5 September 1921. 3. ^'Women And West Lewisham No Approved Candidate', The Times 9 September 1921. 4. ^'West Lewisham Poll To-Day. A Personal Attack.' The Times 13 September 1921. 5. ^'SIR PHILIP DAWSON FORCED TO TELL HIS BIRTH SECRET', Washington Post, 30 September 1921, page 6. 6. ^F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
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4 : By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in London constituencies|1921 elections in the United Kingdom|Elections in the London Borough of Lewisham|1921 in London |
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