Upton by-election, 1934

The West Ham Upton by-election of 1934 was held on 14 May 1934. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Alfred James Chotzner. It was won by the Labour candidate Benjamin Walter Gardner.^[1]

Result

Upton by-election, 1934^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Benjamin Walter Gardner	11,998	56.4
	Conservative	John Robert Jermain Macnamara	8,534	40.1
	Ind. Labour Party	Archibald Fenner Brockway	748	3.5
Majority			3,464	16.3
Turnout				50.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+17.0%

Previous result

General Election 1931: Upton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred James Chotzner	17,561	58.5	+26.2
	Labour	Benjamin Walter Gardner	12,453	41.5
Majority			5,108	17.0
Turnout			30,014	70.4	-0.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

↑ http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

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1932	February: Croydon South New Forest and Christchurch Henley March: Dunbartonshire April: Richmond-upon-Thames Wakefield Eastbourne St Marylebone June: Dulwich Montrose Burghs July: Westminster Abbey North Cornwall Wednesbury September: Twickenham Cardiganshire

1933	January Liverpool Exchange February: East Fife Rotherham March: Ashford Rhondda East May: Normanton June: Hitchin Altrincham September: Clay Cross October: Fulham East November: Kilmarnock Skipton Manchester Rusholme Rutland and Stamford Harborough December: Wentworth

1934	February: Cambridge Lowestoft Portsmouth North March: Combined Scottish Universities April: Basingstoke Hammersmith North May:West Ham Upton Hemsworth June: Merthyr Monmouth Twickenham Weston-super-Mare Fermanagh and Tyrone July: Rushcliffe October: Lambeth North Swindon November: Putney

1935	February: Liverpool Wavertree Cambridge University March: Norwood Eastbourne April: Perth May: Edinburgh West Tamworth Aberdeen South June: Combined Scottish Universities City of London July: Liverpool West Derby Liverpool West Toxteth Sevenoaks September: Dumfriesshire

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