1937 Chertsey by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 1937 Chertsey by-election parliamentary United Kingdom Constituency of Chertsey no 1935 United Kingdom general election 1935 2 July 1937 Arthur Marsden x160px Conservative Party (UK) 19,767 64.8% 6.6% Ernest Ronald Haylor Lib Liberal Party (UK) 10,722 35.2% 6.6% MP Subsequent MP Archibald Boyd-Carpenter Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Marsden Conservative Party (UK) 39.2% (21.0%) 200px 1945 United Kingdom general election 1945 The 1937 Chertsey by-election was held on 2 July 1937. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Archibald Boyd-Carpenter. Candidates The Liberal Party selected Ronald Haylor, a Buckingham Gate Barrister. He was educated at the Leys and Trinity College, Oxford. He played hockey for Oxford University and rugby union for a leading London club.The Times House of Commons, 1929 He was Liberal Party candidate at Windsor in the 1929 general election and at Totnes for the general elections of 1931 and 1935.The Times House of Commons, 1935 There were growing moves for a Popular Front, where parties of the left came together to oppose fascism and Nazi appeasement. In Chertsey, a local Popular Front was formed, which hoped to see the Liberal and Labour parties support a progressive candidate. They launched a charter in February 1937.The Liberal Magazine, 1937 Haylor was given the backing of the Chertsey Popular Front and added the suffix of 'Progressive' to the party label.The Scotsman 5 Jun 1937 At first, a three-cornered contest had been expected between the Conservative candidate, the retired naval officer Arthur Marsden, Haylor and Mr F. J. Tompsett, a City rubber broker, who was to have stood as an Independent and anti-Communist. However, Tompsett decided to withdraw in favour of Marsden.CHERTSEY FIGHT Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette 24 June 1937 2 February 2015 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000640/19370624/240/0010 British Newspaper Archive subscription Result The Conservative Party held the seat with a reduced majority. Chertsey by-election, 1937British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Marsden 19,767 64.8 -6.6 Liberal Party (UK) Ernest Ronald Haylor 10,722 35.2 +6.6 9,045 29.6 -13.2 30,489 39.2 -21.0 Conservative Party (UK) References Chertsey Category:1937 in England Category:20th century in Surrey Category:Borough of Runnymede Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Surrey constituencies Category:July 1937 in the United Kingdom