1931 Manchester Ardwick by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1931 Manchester Ardwick by-election was held on 22 June 1931. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Thomas Lowth. It was won by the Labour candidate Joseph Henderson.http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022521/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm 7 June 2008 usurped House of Commons Previous result General election 1929: Manchester Ardwick Craig F.W.S. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 https://archive.org/details/britishparliamen0000crai registration 1969 Political Reference Publications Glasgow 184 978-0-900178-01-6 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Lowth 20,041 60.3 +5.4 Unionist Party (UK) Mary Latchford Kingsmill Jones 13,177 39.7 −5.4 6,864 20.6 +10.8 33,218 72.0 −4.1 46,158 Labour Party (UK) +5.4 Result By-election 1931: Manchester Ardwick Labour Party (UK) Joseph Henderson 15,294 50.5 −9.8 Conservative Party (UK) S.L. Elborne 14,980 49.5 +9.8 314 1.0 −19.6 30,274 64.1 −7.9 47,252 Labour Party (UK) −9.8 Aftermath Henderson's victory was short-lived. At the general election later in the year he was defeated by the Conservative Albert Fuller by over 5,000 votes.The Times House of Commons 1931 1931 The Times Office London 46 However he would regain the seat when he successfully challenged Fuller at the 1935 general election.The Times House of Commons 1935 1935 The Times Office London 67 References Manchester Ardwick by-election Manchester Ardwick by-election Manchester Ardwick by-election Ardwick, 1931 Category:1930s in Manchester