Altrincham by-election, 1933
- Altrincham by-election, 1933
The Altrincham by-election, 1933 was a parliamentary by-election held on 14 June 1933 for the British House of Commons constituency of Altrincham in Cheshire.
The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Cyril Atkinson, had resigned from the House of Commons on being appointed a High Court judge. He had held the seat since the 1924 general election, when he had defeated the one-term Liberal MP Robert Alstead.
Candidates
Atkinson had been returned unopposed at the 1931 general election, so this was Altrincham's first contested election since 1929.
All three candidates were former MPs seeking re-election. The Liberal Party selected Philip Oliver, who had been MP for Manchester Blackley from 1923–1924 and from 1929–1931.
The Conservative Party fielded Sir Edward Grigg, the former Liberal MP for Oldham. After distinguished service in the Great War, he had been private secretary to Liberal Prime Minister David Lloyd George from 1920–22, and had later been Governor of Kenya from 1925 to 1930.
Labour was represented by James Hindle Hudson, who had been MP for Huddersfield from 1923 to 1931.
Results
Grigg held the seat for the Conservatives with a comfortable majority of 9,500 votes over Oliver. He held the seat until its abolition for the 1945 general election, when he was ennobled as Baron Altrincham.
Oliver did not stand for Parliament again. Hudson was defeated again at Stockport in 1935, but returned to the House of Commons in 1945 as MP for Ealing West.
Votes
Election box begin
title=Altrincham by-election, 14th June 1933Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Edward Grigg
votes = 25,392
percentage = 51.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Oliver
votes = 15,892
percentage = 32.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Hindle Hudson
votes = 8,333
percentage = 16.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 9,500
percentage = 19.2
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 63.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =
ee also
* Altrincham constituency
* Altrincham by-election, 1913
* Altrincham
* List of United Kingdom by-elections
* United Kingdom by-election records
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