1920 Sunderland by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

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24 April 1920

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Candidate	Greenwood	Rutherford	Howe
Party	National Liberal	Labour	Liberal
Popular vote	22,813	14,379	5,065
Percentage	54.0%	34.0%	12.0%

MP before election

Thompson
Liberal

Subsequent MP

Greenwood
National Liberal

The 1920 Sunderland by-election was held on 24 April 1920. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Coalition Liberal MP, Hamar Greenwood, being appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland. It was retained by Greenwood.

**1920 Sunderland by-election**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Hamar Greenwood	22,813	54.0	+10.1
	Labour	Vickerman Rutherford	14,379	34.0	+18.7
	Liberal	E.M. Howe	5,065	12.0	−31.9
Majority			8,434	20.0	−8.6
Turnout			42,257	55.4	−1.0
	National Liberal hold		Swing	-4.3

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918-1949 FWS Craig

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