Election Name: | 1921 Westminster St George's |
Type: | presidential |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Previous Election: | Westminster St George's (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s |
Previous Year: | 1918 |
Next Election: | Westminster St George's (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1920s |
Next Year: | 1922 |
Election Date: | 7 June 1921 |
Candidate1: | Erskine |
Image1: | James Erskine crop.jpg |
Image1 Size: | 85px |
Party1: | Anti-Waste League |
Popular Vote1: | 7,244 |
Percentage1: | 57.5 |
Candidate2: | Jessel |
Image2 Size: | 85px |
Party2: | Unionist Party (UK) |
Popular Vote2: | 5,356 |
Percentage2: | 42.5 |
Map Size: | 250px |
MP | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent MP |
Before Election: | Long |
Before Party: | Unionist Party (UK) |
After Election: | Erskine |
After Party: | Anti-Waste League |
The Westminster St George's by-election of 1921 was held on 7 June 1921.[1] The by-election was held due to the elevation to the peerage of the incumbent Coalition Conservative MP, Walter Long. It was won by the Anti-Waste League candidate James Malcolm Monteith Erskine.