1931 Liverpool East Toxteth by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1931 Liverpool East Toxteth by-election was held on 5 February 1931. The by-election was held due to the succession to the peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, Henry Mond. It was won by the Conservative candidate Patrick Buchan-Hepburn.May 2021 Mond, a former Liberal had won the seat for the Conservatives at a by-election in 1929 and had held it with an increased at the 1929 general election a few weeks later.The Times House of Commons 1929 1929 The Times Office London 47 Buchan-Hepburn had previously served on the London County Council and as a private secretary to Winston Churchill.The Times House of Commons 1931 1931 The Times Office London 45 Result Liverpool East Toxteth by-election, 5 February 1931Craig F.W.S. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 https://archive.org/details/britishparliamen0000crai/page/173 registration 1969 Political Reference Publications Glasgow 0-900178-01-9 173 Conservative Party (UK) Patrick Buchan-Hepburn 17,040 75.4 +27.5 Labour Party (UK) Charles Burden 5,550 24.6 −2.3 11,490 50.8 +29.8 22,590 45.6 −29.9 49,518 Conservative Party (UK) +14.9 Aftermath At the general election later in the year Patrick Buchan-Hepburn scored an even greater victory, defeating a Liberal by over 19,000 votes. On that occasion, Labour did not field a candidate. References Liverpool East Toxteth by-election Liverpool East Toxteth by-election Category:1930s in Liverpool East Toxteth, 1931 Liverpool East Toxteth by-election