Stockport by-election, 1925

The Stockport by-election, 1925 was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Stockport in Cheshire on 17 September 1925. The by-election was won by the Labour Party candidate Arnold Townend.

Vacancy

The Conservative MP William Greenwood had died on 19 August 1925, aged 50. He had held the seat his election as a Coalition Conservative at a by-election in 1920.

Candidates

The Liberal Party candidate was 55-year-old Henry Fildes, who had been also been elected at the 1920 by-election one of the constituency's two MPs, but lost his seat at the 1923 general election. He had not contested the 1924 general election.

The Labour Party candidate was 45-year-old Arnold Townend, who had been unsuccessful in Manchester Blackley at the 1918 and 1922 general elections.

The Conservative candidate was T. Eastham.

Result

On a high turnout, the vote slit three ways, and Townend won the seat for Labour only 36.5% of the votes. He was re-elected at the 1929 general election, but heavily defeated at the 1931 general election when Labour slit over Ramsay MacDonald's formation of a National Government.

Votes

Election box begin
title=Stockport by-election, 1925Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Arnold Townend
votes = 20,219
percentage = 36.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = T. Eastham
votes = 17,892
percentage = 32.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Henry Fildes
votes = 17,296
percentage = 31.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 2,327
percentage = 4.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 55,407
percentage = 85.7
change = −0.2Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1924: StockportElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Greenwood
votes = 28,057
percentage = 31.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Samuel Hammersley
votes = 26,417
percentage = 29.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Arnold Townend
votes = 21,986
percentage = 24.8
change = +6.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Royle
votes = 12,386
percentage = 13.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 88,846
percentage = 85.9
change = +4.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Party (UK)
swing =

ee also

*Stockport (UK Parliament constituency)
*Stockport
*Stockport by-election, 1920
*List of United Kingdom by-elections (1918–1931)

Notes

References

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