1939 Stretford by-election

The 1939 Stretford by-election was held on 8 December 1939. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Anthony Crossley in a plane crash in Denmark in August 1939.^[1] It was won by the Conservative candidate Ralph Etherton.^[2]

By-election 1939: Lancashire, Stretford Division^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ralph Etherton	23,408	79.8	+15.4
	Ind. Labour Party	Robert Edwards	4,424	15.1	N/A
	Communist	Eric Gower	1,514	5.1	New
Majority			18,984	64.7	+35.9
Turnout			29,346
	Conservative hold		Swing

^ "British Airways Liner Lost: M.P. Drowned With Four Others, Crash Off Danish Coast". The Times. No. 48385. London. 16 August 1939. p. 10.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
^ Unionist Victory at Stretford The Times, 11 December 1939, p. 5

[1] "British Airways Liner Lost: M.P. Drowned With Four Others, Crash Off Danish Coast". The Times. No. 48385. London. 16 August 1939. p. 10.

[2] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

[3] Unionist Victory at Stretford The Times, 11 December 1939, p. 5

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