The 1930 Sheffield Brightside by-election was held on 6 February 1930. The by-election was held due to the elevation to the peerage of the incumbent Labour MP, Arthur Ponsonby. It was won by the Labour candidate Fred Marshall.[1]
Previous result and background edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Arthur Ponsonby | 20,277 | 55.2 | -0.2 | |
| Conservative | R. I. Money | 9,828 | 26.8 | -17.8 | |
| Liberal | William Ashcroft Lambert | 6,621 | 18.0 | New | |
| Majority | 10,449 | 28.4 | +17.6 | ||
| Turnout | 36,726 | 77.3 | -1.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Ponsonby had held the seat for Labour since 1922. At the 1929 election he had increased his majority over the second-placed Conservatives from 3,345 votes to over 10,000.[3]
Candidates edit
- The Liberal Party ran William Ashcroft Lambert, a Sheffield solicitor and City Councillor. He had been Liberal candidate here at the last general election[4]
- Fred Marshall (Labour Party), an Alderman and wagon builder.
- J. T. Murphy (Communist Party)
- F. Hamer Russell (Conservative Party), a builders merchant. Russell had been a member of the Liberal Party for 25 years until 1928 when he defected to the Conservatives.[5]
Result edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Fred Marshall | 11.543[6] | 46.37 | -8.85 | |
| Conservative | Hamer Russell | 8.612[6] | 34.60 | +7.84 | |
| Liberal | William Ashcroft Lambert | 3,650[6] | 14.66 | -3.34 | |
| Communist | J. T. Murphy | 1,084[6] | 4.35 | +4.35 | |
| Majority | 2,931 | 11.77 | |||
| Turnout | 24889 | 52.00 | -25.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Aftermath edit
While Marshall retained the seat for Labour, he would lose it to Russell at the following year's general election.[5] Four years later the pair fought each other for a third time at the 1935 general election, and Marshall regained the seat.[7]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ The Times House of Commons 1929. London: The Times Office. 1929. p. 58.
- ^ The Times House of Commons, 1929
- ^ a b The Times House of Commons 1931. London: The Times Office. 1931. p. 55.
- ^ a b c d "Sheffield Election." Times [London, England] 7 Feb. 1930: 14. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 29 Dec. 2013.
- ^ The Times House of Commons 1935. London: The Times Office. 1935. p. 76.
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