1938 Dartford by-election
# 1938 Dartford by-election

The 1938 Dartford by-election was held on 7 November 1938. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Frank Edward Clarke. It was won by the Labour candidate Jennie Adamson. Adamson afterwards stated that she won, because the voters "were ashamed of Mr. Chamberlain's betrayal of Czechoslovakia and of democracy." This was in reference to the Munich Pact, in which the United Kingdom under Prime Minister Chamberlain, accepted Nazi Germany's annexation of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia.

Dartford by-election, 1938 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Jennie Adamson | 46,514 | 52.4 | |
| | Conservative | Godfrey Mitchell | 42,276 | 47.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,238 | 4.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 88,790 | 68.0 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
