1928 Halifax by-election

UK parliamentary by-election November 2019 July 2021 thumb|150px|John Henry Whitley thumb|150px|Harry Barnes The 1928 Halifax by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 13 July 1928 for the British House of Commons constituency of Halifax in the West Riding of Yorkshire.20 July 1928 News of the Week http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/21st-july-1928/1/news-of-the-week The Spectator 5221 London 3 14 February 2016 The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Member of Parliament (MP), John Henry Whitley, the Speaker of the House of Commons since 1921, had resigned his seat28 June 2009 Mr Speaker, a son of Halifax http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/nostalgia/mr-speaker-a-son-of-halifax-1-1933457 https://web.archive.org/web/20140106194439/http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/nostalgia/mr-speaker-a-son-of-halifax-1-1933457 dead 6 January 2014 Halifax Courier Johnston Publishing 14 February 2016 due to ill-health.February 2016 He had been elected as a Liberal Party MP at the 1900 general election, and as speaker had been returned unopposed at the general elections in 1922, 1923February 2016 and 1924.23 July 1928 Foreign News: Longbottom's Seat http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,786890,00.html Time New York 14 February 2016 subscription The last time that there had been a contested election for the seat was at the 1918 general election, when Whitley had been opposed only by a Socialist Labour Party candidate.February 2016 The result of the three-way contest was a victory for the Labour candidate, Arthur Longbottom, who won with a majority of 4,951 over the Liberal Harry Barnes, who had previously been MP for Newcastle upon Tyne East.2013 1921 Debrett's House of Commons http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Debretts_House_of_Commons_1000691039/0 London Forgotten Books 137 14 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160222051703/http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Debretts_House_of_Commons_1000691039/0 2016-02-22 dead Longbottom had previously been a councillor in Halifax and served as its mayor in 1923.The Times House of Commons 1929 1929 The Times Office London 42 Result Halifax by-election, 1928 Labour Party (UK) Arthur Longbottom 17,536 42.8 New Liberal Party (UK) Harry Barnes 12,585 30.8 N/A Unionist Party (UK) Francis Savile Crossley 10,804 26.4 New 4,951 12.0 N/A 40,925 78.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom) N/A Aftermath At the following year's general election Longbottom held the seat with an increased majority of 7,063 votes. That contest also saw a new Conservative candidate, Gilbert Gledhill overtake the Liberals and move into second place. In 1931, Gledhill took the seat for the Conservatives, defeating Longbottom by over 20,000 votes.The Times House of Commons 1931 1931 The Times Office London 40 See also Halifax, West Yorkshire List of United Kingdom by-elections (1918–1931) References Category:1928 in England Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in West Yorkshire constituencies Category:1928 elections in the United Kingdom Category:Elections in Calderdale Category:Halifax, West Yorkshire Category:1920s in Yorkshire Category:July 1928 in the United Kingdom