1939 Sheffield Hallam by-election

The 1939 Sheffield Hallam by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in the United Kingdom on 10 May 1939 for the House of Commons constituency of Sheffield Hallam in Yorkshire.

Previous Result

General election, 14 November 1935

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louis Smith	21,298	67.3
	Labour	Grace Colman	10,346	32.7
Majority			10,952	34.6
Turnout			31,644	71.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Result

Sheffield Hallam by-election, 1939

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roland Jennings	16,033	61.7	−5.6
	Labour	C. S. Darvill	9,939	38.3	+5.6
Majority			6,094	23.4	−11.2
Turnout			25,972	57.8	−13.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aftermath

In the 1945 general election,

General election 1945: Sheffield Hallam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roland Jennings	15,874	47.1
	Labour	John Frederick Drabble	13,009	38.5
	Liberal	Gerald Abrahams	2,614	7.7
	Communist	Gordon Cree	2,253	6.7
Majority			2,865	8.6
Turnout			33,750	75.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1979)