1922 Camberwell North by-election

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Candidate	Ammon	Meller
Party	Labour	Unionist
Popular vote	7,854	6,719
Percentage	53.9	46.1

MP before election

Knights
Unionist

Subsequent MP

Ammon
Labour

The 1922 Camberwell North by-election was held on 20 February 1922. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Coalition Conservative MP, Henry Newton Knights. It was won by the Labour candidate Charles Ammon.

General election 14 December 1918: Camberwell, North Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	Henry Newton Knights	6,010	58.0
	Liberal	George Hearn	2,177	21.0
	Labour	Charles Ammon	2,175	21.0
Majority			3,833	37.0
Turnout			26,416	39.2
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

**1922 Camberwell North by-election** Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Ammon	7,854	53.9	+32.9
	Unionist	Richard Meller	6,719	46.1	−11.9
Majority			1,135	7.8	N/A
Turnout			28,709	50.8	+11.6
	Labour gain from Unionist

General election 15 November 1922: Camberwell North Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Ammon	8,320	50.8	−13.4
	Unionist	Helen Gwynne-Vaughan	8,066	49.2	+13.4
Majority			254	1.6	−6.2
Turnout			16,386	56.7	+5.9
	Labour hold

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

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