1920 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election

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1920 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election
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  1918 31 January 1920 1922  
  Walter de Frece.jpg William Cornforth Robinson.jpg Arthur Marshall.jpg
Candidate de Frece Robinson Marshall
Party Unionist Labour Liberal
Popular vote8,8648,1273,511
Percentage43.3%39.6%17.1%

MP before election

Stanley
Unionist

Subsequent MP

de Frece
Unionist

The 1920 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election was a by-election held on 31 January 1920 for the British House of Commons constituency of Ashton-under-Lyne.

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The by-election was triggered by the elevation to the peerage of the town's Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) Albert Stanley, who was ennobled as Baron Ashfield.

The result was a victory for the Conservative candidate Sir Walter de Frece, who held the seat with a massively reduced majority.

British Pathe has a newsreel clip of Sir Walter de Frece campaigning in the by-election with his wife Vesta Tilley. [1]

Votes and result

Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1920
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Walter de Frece 8,86443.315.0
Labour William Robinson 8,12739.6New
Liberal Arthur Marshall 3,51117.1New
Majority 7383.712.9
Turnout 20,50282.3+13.9
Unionist hold Swing
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

References

  1. "MISS VESTA TILLEY". British Pathé. Retrieved 13 June 2024.

See also