This was a parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Stourbridge. Stourbridge was one of the Worcestershire constituencies, bordering Bewdley, where the Conservative Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin sat.
Douglas Pielou who had been the Unionist MP here since 1922, died on 9 January 1927, at the age of 39, causing the by-election.
Pielou had gained the seat in 1922 from the Liberals. Since then, Labour had emerged as the main challenger, finishing a close second at the last General election in 1924;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Douglas Pielou | 16,023 | 39.5 | ||
Labour | Wilfred Wellock | 14,113 | 34.8 | ||
Liberal | Geoffrey Mander | 10,418 | 25.7 | ||
Majority | 1,910 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 40,554 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Polling day was set for 23 February 1927, forty-five days after the death of Pielou, allowing for a reasonably lengthy campaign.
Labour gained the seat from the Unionists;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Wilfred Wellock | 16,561 | 41.9 | +7.1 | |
Unionist | Henry Hogbin | 13,462 | 34.0 | -5.5 | |
Liberal | Aneurin John Glyn Edwards | 9,535 | 24.1 | -1.6 | |
Majority | 3,099 | 7.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,558 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | ||||
Wellock stood again here at the next General Election and was re-elected. Hogbin did not stand again. Edwards contested Burnley and finished third.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Wilfred Wellock | 21,343 | 38.4 | -3.5 | |
Unionist | Stanley Reed | 17,675 | 31.8 | -2.2 | |
Liberal | Donald Finnemore | 16,537 | 29.8 | +5.7 | |
Majority | 3,668 | 6.6 | -1.3 | ||
Turnout | 55,555 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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