1921 Woolwich East by-election
Crooks Labour Gee Unionist The 1921 Woolwich East by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 2 March 1921 for the British House of Commons constituency of Woolwich East, in the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich in London.The seat had become vacant on the resignation of the constituency's Labour Member of Parliament (MP), Will Crooks, due to ill-health.Crooks was a noted trade unionist and working-class organiser, and had represented Woolwich East and its predecessor seat, Woolwich, since a by-election in 1903, with a gap between the two general elections of 1910.The newly formed Communist Party of Great Britain urged voters to abstain, saying ""that while the coalition candidate stands openly and avowedly for capitalism in all its ramifications, its industrial autocracy, its attacks on trade unions, its exploitation, its predatory imperialism, the Labour candidate stands for Capitalism and all its manifestations, none the less surely because its purpose is hidden under high sounding words".Ramsay MacDonald campaigning at Woolwich [permanent dead link]
MacDonaldUnionistLabourCrooksparliamentary by-electionBritish House of CommonsconstituencyWoolwich EastMetropolitan Borough of WoolwichLondonMember of ParliamentWill CrooksWoolwich1918 general electionRamsay MacDonaldLeicester seatcoupon election of 1918Robert GeeNational Democratic PartyConsettCaptainThe Royal FusiliersFirst World WarVictoria CrosspacifistCommunist Party of Great BritaincoalitionTurnoutcandidate endorsed by the coalition governmentthe 1922 electionHarry Snell1922 general electionConservativeAberavonPrime Ministerthe 1923 electionList of United Kingdom by-electionsWoolwich East constituency1931 Woolwich East by-election1951 Woolwich East by-electionCraig, F. W. S.By-elections31st Parliament of the United KingdomLiverpool West DerbyLeyton WestNorth LondonderryOxford UniversityHull CentralAberdeenshire and Kincardineshire CentralEast AntrimSwansea EastBothwellDublin UniversityWidnesPontefractManchester RusholmeChester-le-StreetCroydon SouthIsle of ThanetPlymouth SuttonSt AlbansBromleySpen ValleyAshton-under-LyneThe WrekinPaisleyHorncastleArgyllDartfordStockportBasingstokeCamberwell North WestNorthamptonEdinburgh NorthEdinburgh SouthSunderlandNelson and ColneEbbw ValeSouth NorfolkWoodbridgeIlfordHemel HempsteadMiddleton and PrestwichAbertilleryRhondda WestHerefordCardiganshireDudleyBirmingham MoseleyKirkcaldy BurghsPenistoneBirmingham WestTauntonBristol WestGlasgow PollokEast DorsetBewdleyEddisburyBedfordChichesterHastingsPenrith and CockermouthAbingdonOrkney and ShetlandBelfast DuncairnMid ArmaghNorth DownWest DownMid DownWestminster St George'sHeywood and RadcliffeHertfordCaerphillyWestminster AbbeySouth LondonderryLewisham WestWesthoughtonHornseySouthwark South EastLudlowTamworthManchester ClaytonCamberwell NorthBodminWolverhampton WestLiverpool Exchange