1925 Ripon by-election

UK parliamentary by-election November 2019 The 1925 Ripon by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 5 December 1925 for the British House of Commons constituency of Ripon. Vacancy The by-election was a consequence of the sitting MP Edward Wood – later the 3rd Viscount Halifax and the 1st Earl of Halifax – being elevated to the peerage as Baron Irwin in order to serve as Viceroy of India.Ellis Edna A Ripon record 1887-1986 1986 Philimore Chichester 0-85033-600-7 77 Election history Wood had served Ripon as a Conservative since 1910; he had been returned unopposed at every election since 1918. Candidates Two candidates were nominated. The Conservative candidate was John Waller Hills, who had represented the City of Durham until he was defeated in the 1922 general election. He was opposed in the by-election by the Liberal candidate John Murray, another former MP who had lost his seat in the 1923 general election in Leeds West. Murray had subsequently fought unsuccessfully in the Kirkcaldy Burghs constituency in the 1924 general election. There was no Labour candidate. Main issues and campaign During the campaign Murray openly disagreed with his own leader Lloyd George's plans for nationalization of land and the coal industry.B W Clapp, John Murray in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, OUP 2004-09 Result The Conservatives held the seat; Ripon by-election, 1925 Electorate 37,338F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949 Conservative Party (UK) John Waller Hills 16,433 59.0 N/A Liberal Party (UK) John Murray 11,422 41.0 New 5,011 18.0 N/A 27,855 74.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Aftermath Murray did not again stand for parliament, while Hills sought to defend Ripon at the following general election. The result at the following general election: 1929 general election Electorate 55,191F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949 Conservative Party (UK) John Waller Hills 23,173 55.1 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Frederick L Boult 14,542 34.6 N/A Labour Party (UK) Arthur Godfrey 4,339 10.3 New 8,631 20.5 N/A 42,054 76.2 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Hills was to remain MP for Ripon until his death in 1939. External links Results Announcement of candidates Ripon by-election Ripon by-election Category:1920s in Yorkshire Ripon by-election Category:History of Ripon Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in North Yorkshire constituencies Category:Politics of the Borough of Harrogate Category:Politics of Ripon