The 1934 Twickenham by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 22 June 1934 for the British House of Commons constituency of Twickenham in Middlesex.
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Constituency of Twickenham | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 81,529 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 55.5% ( 3.6%) | ||||||||||||||||||
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 A map of parliamentary constituencies within the county of Middlesex at the time of the by-election, with Twickenham highlighted in red. | |||||||||||||||||||
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The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Hylton Murray-Philipson, died on 24 May 1934, aged 31. He had held the seat since a by-election in 1932.
The result was a victory for the Conservative candidate Alfred Critchley, who had stood for the Empire Free Trade Crusade and the United Empire Party in the 1931 Islington East by-election and as a Conservative at the 1929 general election.
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Alfred Critchley | 23,395 | 56.1 | -0.1 | |
| Labour Co-op | Percy Holman | 19,890 | 43.9 | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 5,505 | 12.2 | -0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 43,285 | 55.5 | +3.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 81,529 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -0.1 | |||
See also edit
References edit
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
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