Election Name: | 1921 Dudley by-election |
Type: | presidential |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Previous Election: | Dudley (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s |
Previous Year: | 1918 |
Next Election: | Dudley (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1920s |
Next Year: | 1922 |
Election Date: | 3 March 1921 |
Candidate1: | Wilson |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Popular Vote1: | 10,244 |
Percentage1: | 50.7% |
Candidate2: | Griffith-Boscawen |
Party2: | Unionist Party (UK) |
Popular Vote2: | 9,968 |
Percentage2: | 49.3% |
Map Size: | 250px |
MP | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent MP |
Before Election: | Griffith-Boscawen |
Before Party: | Unionist Party (UK) |
After Election: | Lloyd |
After Party: | Unionist Party (UK) |
The 1921 Dudley by-election was held on 3 March 1921. The by-election was held due to the appointment of the incumbent Coalition Conservative MP, Arthur Griffith-Boscawen, as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. It was won by the Labour candidate James Wilson. It was one of only eight ministerial by-elections in the UK to not be retained by the incumbent.