Halifax by-election, 1928

The Halifax by-election, 1928 was a parliamentary by-election held on 13 July 1928 for the British House of Commons constituency of Halifax in West Yorkshire.

The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Member of Parliament (MP), John Henry Whitley (the Speaker of the House of Commons) had resigned his seat due to ill-health. He had been elected as a Liberal Party MP at the 1900 general election, and as speaker, had been returned unopposed at the general elections in 1922, 1923 and 1924. The last time that there had been a contested election for the seat was at the 1918 general election, when Whitley had been opposed only by a Socialist Labour Party candidate.

The result of the threeway contest was a victory for the Labour candidate, Arthur Longbottom, who won with a majority of 4,951 over the Liberal Harry Barnes, who had previously been MP for Newcastle upon Tyne East.

Votes

Election box begin
title=Halifax by-election, 1928Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Arthur Longbottom
votes = 17,536
percentage = 42.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Harry Barnes
votes = 12,585
percentage = 30.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = F. S. Crossley
votes = 10,804
percentage = 26.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 4,951
percentage = 12.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 40,925
percentage = 78.7
change = +24.3Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Party (UK)
swing =

ee also

*Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)
*Halifax, West Yorkshire
*List of United Kingdom by-elections (1918–1931)