1942 Maldon by-election
Votes

1942 Maldon by-election

Section Title: Votes
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Conservative	Edward Ruggles-Brise	17,072	53.4	−17.4

Labour	W. F. Toynbee	9,264	28.9	−0.3

Liberal	Hilda Buckmaster	5,680	17.7	N/A

Majority	7,808	24.5	−16.1

Turnout	32,016	73.8	−0.9

Conservative hold	Swing

Sentence(s)

Ruggles-Brise had held the seat with 53.4% of the votes, a majority of 24.5%.

final_sentence: Ruggles-Brise had held the seat with 53.4% of the votes, a majority of 24.5%.