1940 Silvertown by-election

The Silvertown by-election of 1940 was a wartime by-election.

Silvertown was a safe Labour seat, and none of the major parties stood against the Labour candidate.[1]

It was one of the last by-elections contested by the British Union of Fascists which campaigned on a platform calling for an immediate peace with Nazi Germany, a policy which won them only 151 votes.[2]

By-election, 22 February 1940: Silvertown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Hollins	14,343	92.8	+11.8
	Communist	Harry Pollitt	966	6.2
	British Union of Fascists	Tommy Moran	151	1.0
Majority			13,377	86.6
Turnout			15,460
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "Labour Victory At Silvertown", The Times, 24 February 1940, p. 6.
2. Robert Benewick, Political Violence and Public Order, p. 291-2