1929 Twickenham by-election

UK parliamentary by-election September 2020 January 2014 June 2025 right|thumb|260px|Twickenham in 1929 The 1929 Twickenham by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 8 August 1929 for the British House of Commons constituency of Twickenham in Middlesex. Vacancy The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Sir William Joynson-Hicks, had been elevated to the peerage as Viscount Brentford. He had held the seat since its creation for the 1918 general election. Candidates The Liberal Party ran 55-year-old Frederick Graham Paterson. He was a barrister of Gray's Inn, educated at New College, Oxford.The Liberal Year Book, 1928 He had been Liberal candidate here at the last general election and had previously contested Lowestoft in 1923 and 1924.The Times House of Commons, 1929 Result The result was a narrow victory for the Conservative candidate Sir John Ferguson, from whom the Conservative Central Office withdrew support over his advocacy of Empire free trade. Ferguson died in office three years later, triggering the 1932 Twickenham by-election. 1929 Twickenham by-election Unionist Party (UK) John Ferguson 14,705 47.7 -0.8 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Jackson Mason 14,202 46.1 +11.3 Liberal Party (UK) Frederick Paterson 1,920 6.2 -10.5 503 1.6 -12.1 30,827 49.5 -20.3 62,264 Unionist Party (UK) -6.6 See also Twickenham constituency Twickenham 1932 Twickenham by-election 1934 Twickenham by-election 1955 Twickenham by-election List of United Kingdom by-elections References 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 February 2012 Category:Elections in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in London constituencies Category:Twickenham Category:1929 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1929 in London Category:20th century in Middlesex Category:August 1929 in the United Kingdom