Английская Википедия:1929 Tamworth by-election
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:EngvarB The 1929 Tamworth by-election was held on 2 December 1929. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Sir Edward Iliffe. It was won by the Conservative candidate Arthur Steel-Maitland.[1]
Background
Sir Edward Iliffe had been MP for Tamworth since 1923.[2] In the general elections of both 1923 and 1924 Iliffe had been returned unopposed. In the general election a few months earlier he had been challenged by Labour candidate George Horwill, but had been easily re-elected, with Horwill polling only 14,402 votes against Iliffe's total of 29,807.[2]
Horwill, an ex-railway clerk who held a BSc degree from the University of London, was again the Labour candidate in the by-election.[2] The new Conservative candidate was Arthur Steel-Maitland, a former cabinet minister who had been a member of parliament from 1910, but who had lost narrowly lost his Birmingham Erdington seat at the recent general election.[3]
Result
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Aftermath
At the next election Steel-Maitland substantially increased his majority to over 34,000 votes.[3]
References
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