Elections in The 1930s
| Kennington by-election, 1939: Lambeth, Kennington | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | John Charles Wilmot | 10,715 | 60.1 | ||
| Conservative | A. Kennedy | 7,119 | 39.9 | ||
| Majority | 3,596 | 20.2 | |||
| Turnout | 43,907 | 40.6 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1935: Lambeth, Kennington | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | George Harvey | 12,401 | 51.1 | ||
| Labour | Leonard Warburton Matters | 11,856 | 48.9 | ||
| Majority | 545 | 2.2 | |||
| Turnout | 43,583 | 55.7 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1931: Lambeth, Kennington | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | George Harvey | 18,371 | 64.3 | ||
| Labour | Leonard Warburton Matters | 10,188 | 35.7 | ||
| Majority | 8,183 | 28.6 | |||
| Turnout | 46,600 | 61.3 | |||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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