1921 Bewdley by-election

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Candidate	Baldwin	Mills
Party	Unionist	Independent Labour
Popular vote	14,537	1,680
Percentage	89.6%	10.4%

MP before election

Baldwin
Unionist

Subsequent MP

Baldwin
Unionist

The 1921 Bewdley by-election was held on 19 April 1921. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Coalition Conservative MP, Stanley Baldwin, being appointed President of the Board of Trade. It was retained by Baldwin.^[1]

Bewdley by-election, 1921 ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Stanley Baldwin	14,537	89.6	N/A
	Independent Labour	H. Mills	1,680	10.4	New
Majority			12,857	79.2	N/A
Turnout			16,217	63.7	N/A
Registered electors			25,440
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
^ "Bewdeley Rebuffs Labour". Exeter and Plymouth Gazette. 21 April 1921 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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Premierships	1923–1924 1924–1929 1935–1937
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Constituency	Bewdley
Family	Alfred Baldwin (father) Louisa Baldwin (mother) Lucy Baldwin (wife) Oliver Baldwin, 2nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (son) Arthur Baldwin, 3rd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (son) Rudyard Kipling (cousin) Aurelian Ridsdale (brother-in-law) Julian Ridsdale (nephew)
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See also	Astley Hall Earl Baldwin of Bewdley Wilden Ironworks 1908 Bewdley by-election 1921 Bewdley by-election 1924 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours

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