1935 Liverpool Wavertree by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 June 2025 The 1935 Liverpool Wavertree by-election was a by-election held in England for the UK House of Commons constituency of Liverpool Wavertree on 6 February 1935. It was won by the Labour Party candidate Joseph Cleary. Vacancy The seat had become vacant when the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Ronald Nall-Cain had succeeded to the peerage as Baron Brocket.June 2025 He had held the seat since a by-election in 1931.June 2025 Electoral history General election October 1931: Liverpool Wavertree Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Nall-Cain 33,476 77.9 +12.9 Labour Party (UK) C. G. Clark 9,504 22.1 −12.9 23,972 55.8 +25.8 42,980 75.2 -3.9 Conservative Party (UK) +12.9 Candidates The Conservative candidate was James Platt, but Randolph Churchill (son of the future Prime Minister Winston Churchill) stood as an "independent Conservative".June 2025 The Labour Party candidate was 32-year-old Joseph Cleary, a local magistrate.June 2025 The Liberal Party selected 49-year-old Liverpool solicitor, Tudor Artro Morris as their candidate. Morris had contested Wallasey for the Liberals at the 1922 and 1923 general elections. He was educated at the Liverpool Institute and Liverpool University.The Liberal Year Book, 1927 Result With the Conservative vote split between the official candidate and the independent Churchill, the result was a victory for the Labour candidate, Joseph Jackson Cleary, who took the seat on a swing of 30%. Liverpool Wavertree by-election, 1935 Labour Party (UK) Joseph Cleary 15,611 35.3 +13.2 Conservative Party (UK) James Platt 13,711 31.2 −46.7 Independent Conservative Randolph Churchill 10,575 23.9 New Liberal Party (UK) Tudor Artro Morris 4,208 9.5 New 1,840 4.1 N/A 44,165 72.3 −2.9 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) −30.0 Aftermath Cleary was unseated at the 1935 general election by the Conservative Peter Shaw, who held the seat until he stood down at the 1945 general election.June 2025 See also Liverpool Wavertree (UK Parliament constituency) 1931 Liverpool Wavertree by-election List of United Kingdom by-elections United Kingdom by-election records Sources Craig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 1969 3rd 1983 Parliamentary Research Services Chichester 0-900178-06-X March 2012 Liverpool Wavertree by-election Liverpool Wavertree by-election Wavertree by-election, 1935 Wavertree, 1935 Liverpool Wavertree by-election