Election Name: | 1919 Widnes by-election |
Type: | presidential |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Previous Election: | Widnes (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s |
Previous Year: | 1918 |
Next Election: | Widnes (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1920s |
Next Year: | 1922 |
Election Date: | 30 August 1919 |
Candidate1: | Henderson |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Popular Vote1: | 11,404 |
Percentage1: | 52.3 |
Candidate2: | Fisher |
Party2: | Unionist Party (UK) |
Popular Vote2: | 10,417 |
Percentage2: | 47.7 |
Map Size: | 250px |
MP | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent MP |
Before Election: | Walker |
Before Party: | Unionist Party (UK) |
After Election: | Clayton |
After Party: | Unionist Party (UK) |
The 1919 Widnes by-election was held on 30 August 1919. The by-election was held due to the elevation to the peerage of the incumbent Coalition Conservative MP, William Walker. It was won by the Labour candidate Arthur Henderson.