1929 Wansbeck by-election

UK parliamentary by-election September 2014 May 2025 June 2025 The 1929 Wansbeck by-election was a by-election held on 13 February 1929 for the British House of Commons constituency of Wansbeck. Vacancy The by-election was triggered by the death of the constituency's Labour Party member of parliament (MP) George Warne, who had held the seat since the 1922 general election. Candidates The local Liberal association had selected 39 year-old Harry Anson Briggs as their prospective candidate in 1928. Briggs had stood for the Liberals in the 1923 general election at Sheffield Attercliffe and in the 1924 general election at Buckrose. He was educated at Sheffield Secondary School and Sheffield University. He saw active service from 1914 to 1918 in France and Belgium.The Liberal Year Book, 1926 Result The result was a victory for the Labour candidate George Shield, who held the seat with a greatly increased majority. Wansbeck by-election, 1929 Labour Party (UK) George Shield 20,398 58.0 +5.1 Conservative Party (UK) Ian Moffat-Pender 9,612 27.3 −19.8 Liberal Party (UK) Harry Anson Briggs 5,183 14.7 New 10,786 30.7 +24.9 35,193 65.3 −14.1 Labour Party (UK) +14.5 Shield was re-elected at the general election in May 1929. 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 w 1 March 2012 See also Wansbeck constituency 1940 Wansbeck by-election 1918 Wansbeck by-election List of United Kingdom by-elections (1918–1931) Category:1929 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1929 in England Category:20th century in Northumberland Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Northumberland constituencies