Sheffield Brightside by-election, 1930

Arthur Ponsonby

The Sheffield Brightside by-election of 1930 was held on 6 February 1930. The by-election was held due to the elevated to the peerage of the incumbent Labour MP, Arthur Ponsonby. It was won by the Labour candidate Fred Marshall.[1]

Previous result

General Election 1929[2]

Electorate 47,521

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Augustus William Harry Ponsonby 20,277 55.2
Conservative R. I. Money 9,828 26.8
Liberal W. A. Lambert 6,621 18.0
Majority 10,449 28.4
Turnout 77.3
Labour hold Swing

Candidates

Result

Sheffield Brightside by-election, 1930

Electorate

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Marshall 11.543[3] 46.37 -8.85%
Conservative F. H. Russell 8.612[3] 34.6 +7.84%
Liberal W. A. Lambert 3,650[3] 14.66 -3.34%
Communist J. T. Murphy 1,084[3] 4.35 +4.35%
Turnout 24889 52% -25%
Labour hold Swing

See also

References

  1. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
  2. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Sheffield Election." Times [London, England] 7 Feb. 1930: 14. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 29 Dec. 2013.


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