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 split 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.

Henry Fildes

Stockport by-election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Arnold Townend	20,219	36.5
	Conservative	T. Eastham	17,892	32.3
	Liberal	Henry Fildes	17,296	31.2
Majority			2,327	4.2
Turnout			55,407	85.7	−0.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1924: Stockport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Greenwood	28,057	31.6
	Conservative	Samuel Hammersley	26,417	29.7
	Labour	Arnold Townend	21,986	24.8	+6.8
	Liberal	Charles Royle	12,386	13.9
Turnout			88,846	85.9	+4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Notes

References

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 Historical List of MPs

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