Frederick Hindle (1877–1953)

Frederick Hindle

Sir Frederick Hindle (28 July 1877 – 23 April 1953) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Darwen constituency in Lancashire from 1923 to 1924.

Background

Hindle was born in Darwen, the son of Frederick George Hindle and Helen Moulden Gillibrand. He was educated at Charterhouse School and Owens College, Manchester]]. He married Alys Lawrence.^[1]

Political career

Hindle served as Mayor of Darwen from 1912–13. He was appointed an Alderman Lancashire County Council. He suceeded his father as prospective Liberal candidate for Darwen. He contested the Darwen seat at the 1918 against his father's nemesis, Sir John Rutherford. At that election, Rutherford was endorsed by the Coalition Government and Hindle's prospects of victory were undercut by the intervention of a Labour Party candidate. Despite these setbacks, he came within 1,000 vote of gaining the seat. Four years later at the 1922 elections, he again lost by a majority of less than 1,000 votes. He won the seat at the 1923 general election, but lost it at the 1924 general election, and did not stand for Parliament again.^[2]

Electoral record

General Election 1918: Darwen [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir John Rutherford	9,014	40.5	-10.1
	Liberal	Frederick Hindle	8,031	36.1	-13.3
	Labour	John McGurk	5,211	23.4	n/a
Majority			983	4.4	+3.2
Turnout				71.3	-22.0
	Unionist hold		Swing	+1.6

General Election 1922: Darwen [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Frank Bernard Sanderson	12,218	42.6	+2.1
	Liberal	Frederick Hindle	11,944	41.6	+5.5
	Labour	John McGurk	4,528	15.8	-7.6
Majority			274	1.0	-3.4
Turnout				91.4	+20.1
	Unionist hold		Swing	-1.7

General Election 1923: Darwen [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick Hindle	14,242	48.8	+7.2
	Unionist	Frank Bernard Sanderson	11,432	39.1	-3.5
	Labour	George Thompson	3,527	12.1	-6.1
Majority			2,810	9.7	10.7
Turnout				90.6	-0.8
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+5.4

General Election 1924: Darwen [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Frank Bernard Sanderson	13,017	43.0	+3.9
	Liberal	Frederick Hindle	12,082	39.9	-8.9
	Labour	Thomas Ramsden	5,188	17.1	+5.0
Majority			935	3.1	12.8
Turnout				92.7	+2.1
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.4

References

1. ‘HINDLE, Sir Frederick’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 17 April 2016
2. ‘HINDLE, Sir Frederick’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 17 April 2016
3. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949 by FWS Craig
4. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949 by FWS Craig
5. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949 by FWS Craig
6. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949 by FWS Craig