1930 Sheffield Brightside by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 thumb|right|Arthur Ponsonby The 1930 Sheffield Brightside by-election was held on 6 February 1930. The by-election was held due to the elevation to the peerage of the incumbent Labour MP, Arthur Ponsonby. It was won by the Labour candidate Fred Marshall.May 2021 Previous result and background General election 1929British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig Electorate 47,521 Labour Party (UK) Arthur Ponsonby 20,277 55.2 -0.2 Conservative Party (UK) R. I. Money 9,828 26.8 -17.8 Liberal Party (UK) William Ashcroft Lambert 6,621 18.0 New 10,449 28.4 +17.6 36,726 77.3 -1.6 Labour Party (UK) Ponsonby had held the seat for Labour since 1922. At the 1929 election he had increased his majority over the second-placed Conservatives from 3,345 votes to over 10,000.The Times House of Commons 1929 1929 The Times Office London 58 Candidates The Liberal Party ran William Ashcroft Lambert, a Sheffield solicitor and City Councillor. He had been Liberal candidate here at the last general electionThe Times House of Commons, 1929 Fred Marshall (Labour Party), an Alderman and wagon builder. J. T. Murphy (Communist Party) F. Hamer Russell (Conservative Party), a builders merchant. Russell had been a member of the Liberal Party for 25 years until 1928 when he defected to the Conservatives.The Times House of Commons 1931 1931 The Times Office London 55 Result Sheffield Brightside by-election, 1930 Labour Party (UK) Fred Marshall 11,543 46.37 -8.85 Conservative Party (UK) Hamer Russell 8,612 34.60 +7.84 Liberal Party (UK) William Ashcroft Lambert 3,650 14.66 -3.34 Communist Party of Great Britain J. T. Murphy 1,084 4.35 +4.35 2,931 11.77 24889 52.00 -25.3 Labour Party (UK) Aftermath While Marshall retained the seat for Labour, he would lose it to Russell at the following year's general election. Four years later the pair fought each other for a third time at the 1935 general election, and Marshall regained the seat.The Times House of Commons 1935 1935 The Times Office London 76 See also List of United Kingdom by-elections (1918–1931) References "Sheffield Election." Times [London, England] 7 Feb. 1930: 14. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 29 Dec. 2013. Sheffield Brightside by-election Sheffield Brightside by-election Category:1930s in Yorkshire Sheffield Brightside by-election Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Sheffield constituencies Category:1930s in Sheffield