Election Name: | 1933 Hitchin by-election |
Type: | By-election |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Seats For Election: | The Hitchin seat in the House of Commons. Triggered by death of incumbent |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1931 United Kingdom general election |
Previous Year: | 1931 |
Next Election: | 1935 United Kingdom general election |
Next Year: | 1935 |
Candidate1: | Arnold Wilson |
Image1: | File:Sir Arnold Wilson.jpg |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 75.7 |
Popular Vote1: | 14,569 |
Percentage1: | 58.4% |
Candidate2: | William Bennett |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election2: | 24.3 |
Popular Vote2: | 10,362 |
Percentage2: | 41.6% |
MP | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent MP |
Before Election: | Antony Bulwer-Lytton |
Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
After Election: | Arnold Wilson |
After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
The 1933 Hitchin by-election was held on 8 June 1933 after the incumbent Conservative MP, Antony Bulwer-Lytton died in a plane accident. It was won by the Conservative candidate Arnold Wilson.