1936 Derby by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 1936 Derby by-election parliamentary United Kingdom Constituency of Derby no 1935 United Kingdom general election 1935 1945 United Kingdom general election 1945 9 July 1936 Philip Noel-Baker x160px Labour Party (UK) 28,419 52.5% Archibald Church x160px National Labour Organisation 25,666 47.5% MP J. H. Thomas National Labour Organisation Philip Noel-Baker Labour Party (UK) 65.5%The 1936 Derby by-election was held on 9 July 1936. It was held due to the resignation of the incumbent National Labour MP, J. H. Thomas, and the seat was gained by the Labour candidate Philip Noel-Baker. Background Derby had been represented by J.H. Thomas since 1910, a seat he held jointly with several other people because Derby was a two-member constituency until 1950. In 1936, Thomas was forced to resign from the government after being caught giving away secrets in the budget through coded messages. That was uncovered after he shouted "tee up" whilst golfing, to indicate a rise in tea tax.Gregory Blaxland J.H. Thomas: A life for Unity F. Muller 1964 285 9780392079860 Thomas chose to step down from the House of Commons by being appointed as the Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds, an office of profit under the Crown which disqualifies MPs and causes a vacancy in their constituency.http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN04731/SN04731.pdf Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds Parliament of the United Kingdom 2020-03-27 Election National Labour selected Archibald Church to follow on as the Derby candidate. Church had previously been an MP for Leyton East and Wandsworth Central.https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/04/returning-officer-derby The Returning Officer: Derby New Statesman 2020-03-27 Philip Noel-Baker was chosen to represent Labour and had the support of Liberal former Prime Minister David Lloyd George. The election was primarily fought on the issue of the British response to the Italian invasion of Abyssinia. Church's campaign had been damaged by Lord Allen of Hurtwood stating that "the National Government is no longer fit to represent the nation".K. Gildart Dictionary of Labour Biography Springer XI 2014 30 978-0230500181 Noel-Baker won the election and went on to represent Derby, and the successor constituency of Derby South, until 1970.https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1959/noel-baker/biographical/ The Nobel Peace Prize 1959 Nobel 2020-03-27 Derby by-election, 1936F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949 Labour Party (UK) Philip Noel-Baker 28,419 52.5 +12.8 National Labour Party (UK) Archibald Church 25,666 47.5 +17.4 2,753 5.0 N/A 54,085 65.5 Labour Party (UK) National Labour Party (UK) References Derby by-election Derby by-election Category:1930s in Derbyshire Derby by-election Category:Politics of Derby Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Derbyshire constituencies Category:20th century in Derby