Liverpool Wavertree by-election, 1935
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The Liverpool Wavertree by-election, 1935 was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Liverpool Wavertree on 6 February 1935. It was won by the Labour Party candidate Joseph Jackson Cleary.
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[edit] Vacancy
The seat had become vacant when the the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Ronald Nall-Cain had succeeded to the peerage as Baron Brocket. He had held the seat since a by-election in 1931.
[edit] Candidates
The Conservative candidate was James Platt, but Randolph Churchill (son the future Prime Minister Winston Churchill) stood as an "independent Conservative". The Labour Party candidate was 32-year-old Joseph Jackson Cleary, a local magistrate.
[edit] Result
With the Conservative vote split between the official candidate and the independent Churchill, the result was a victory for the Labour candidate, Joseph Jackson Cleary, who took the seat on a swing of 30%.
However, he was unseated at the 1935 general election by the Conservative Peter Shaw, who held the seat until he stood down at the 1945 general election .
[edit] Votes
| Liverpool Wavertree by-election, 1935 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Joseph Jackson Cleary | 15,611 | 35.3 | +13.2 | |
| Conservative | James Platt | 13,711 | 31.2 | −46.7 | |
| Independent Conservative | Randolph Churchill | 10,575 | 23.9 | N/A | |
| Liberal | A. Morris | 4,208 | 9.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,840 | 4.1 | |||
| Turnout | 44,165 | 72.3 | −2.9 | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | −30.0 | |||
| General Election October 1931: Liverpool Wavertree | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Ronald Nall-Cain | 33,476 | 77.9 | +12.9 | |
| Labour | C. G. Clark | 9,504 | 22.1 | −12.9 | |
| Majority | 23,972 | 55.8 | +25.8 | ||
| Turnout | 42,980 | 75.2 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +12.9 | |||
[edit] See also
- Liverpool Wavertree (UK Parliament constituency)
- Liverpool Wavertree by-election, 1931
- List of United Kingdom by-elections
[edit] Sources
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs.
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