1938 Barnsley by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 The 1938 Barnsley by-election was a by-election held on 16 June 1938 for the British House of Commons constituency of Barnsley in what was then the West Riding of Yorkshire. The seat had become vacant on the death in April 1938 of the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) John Samuel Potts, who had represented the constituency since the 1935 general election, having previously been Barnsley's MP from 1922 to 1931. Result The Labour candidate, Frank Collindridge, held the seat for his party with an increased majority; Barnsley by-election, 1938 Labour Party (UK) Frank Collindridge 23,566 64.4 +5.5 Liberal National Party (UK, 1931) Seymour Howard 13,052 35.6 −5.5 10,514 28.8 +11.0 36,618 72.7 −9.9 Labour Party (UK) +5.5 See also Barnsley (UK Parliament constituency) 1897 Barnsley by-election 1953 Barnsley by-election 2011 Barnsley Central 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 b 1 March 2012 Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in South Yorkshire constituencies Category:1938 in England Category:1938 elections in the United Kingdom Category:Elections in Barnsley Category:1930s in Yorkshire