1931 Liverpool Wavertree by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 June 2025 The 1931 Liverpool Wavertree by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in England for the UK House of Commons constituency of Liverpool Wavertree on 23 June 1931. It was won by the Conservative Party candidate Ronald Nall-Cain. Vacancy The seat had become vacant when the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), John Tinne had resigned his seat on 3 June 1931. Tinne had held the seat since the 1924 general election. Candidates The Conservative candidate was Ronald Nall-Cain, a wealthy barrister and a Hertfordshire County Councillor, while the Labour Party selected S.L. Treleaven. Neither candidate had previously stood for Parliament. Result The Liberal candidate had won nearly 30% of the vote at the 1929 general election, but the party did not contest the by-election. Most of the Liberal vote went to the Conservatives, and on a reduced turnout Nall-Cain held the seat with a massively increased majority. Nall-Cain was re-elected at the general election in October 1931, and held the seat until the death in late 1934 of his father Charles, whom he succeeded as Baron Brocket, triggering another by-election. Liverpool Wavertree by-election, 1931 Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Nall-Cain 18,687 65.0 +25.0 Labour Party (UK) S. L. Treleaven 10,042 35.0 +2.8 8,645 30.0 +22.2 28,729 51.7 −26.4 Conservative Party (UK) +11.2 Previous result General election 1929: Liverpool Wavertree Conservative Party (UK) John Tinne 16,880 40.0 −7.4 Labour Party (UK) S. L. Treleaven 13,585 32.2 −2.8 Liberal Party (UK) H. R. Rathbone 11,723 27.8 +10.2 3,295 7.8 −4.6 42,188 78.1 −2.2 Conservative Party (UK) −2.3 See also Liverpool Wavertree (UK Parliament constituency) 1935 Liverpool Wavertree by-election List of United Kingdom by-elections Sources 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 March 2012 Wavertree, 1931 Liverpool Wavertree by-election Liverpool Wavertree by-election Wavertree by-election, 1931 Liverpool Wavertree by-election