title: 1936 Balham and Tooting by-election
text: # 1936 Balham and Tooting by-election
  
  The 1936 Balham and Tooting by-election was held on 23 July 1936. The by-election was held after the incumbent Conservative MP, Sir Alfred Butt, 1st Baronet resigned in June 1936 over a scandal concerning a leak of budget details from which he was believed to have benefitted financially. It was won by the Conservative candidate George Doland.
  
  Balham and Tooting by-election, 1936 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | George Doland | 14,959 | 53.7 |
  | | Labour | W J Miller | 12,889 | 46.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,070 | 7.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,848 | 49.2 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  