The 1930 Sheffield Brightside by-election was held on 6 February 1930. The by-election was held due to the elevation to the peerage of the incumbent Labour MP, Arthur Ponsonby. It was won by the Labour candidate Fred Marshall. [1]
The 1930 Sheffield Brightside by-election was held on 6 February 1930. The by-election was held due to the elevation to the peerage of the incumbent Labour MP, Arthur Ponsonby. It was won by the Labour candidate Fred Marshall. [1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Arthur Ponsonby | 20,277 | 55.2 | −0.2 | |
| Conservative | R. I. Money | 9,828 | 26.8 | −17.8 | |
| Liberal | William Ashcroft Lambert | 6,621 | 18.0 | New | |
| Majority | 10,449 | 28.4 | +17.6 | ||
| Turnout | 36,726 | 77.3 | −1.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Ponsonby had held the seat for Labour since 1922. At the 1929 election he had increased his majority over the second-placed Conservatives from 3,345 votes to over 10,000. [3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Fred Marshall | 11.543 [6] | 46.37 | −8.85 | |
| Conservative | Hamer Russell | 8.612 [6] | 34.60 | +7.84 | |
| Liberal | William Ashcroft Lambert | 3,650 [6] | 14.66 | −3.34 | |
| Communist | J. T. Murphy | 1,084 [6] | 4.35 | +4.35 | |
| Majority | 2,931 | 11.77 | |||
| Turnout | 24889 | 52.00 | −25.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
While Marshall retained the seat for Labour, he would lose it to Russell at the following year's general election. [5] Four years later the pair fought each other for a third time at the 1935 general election, and Marshall regained the seat. [7]
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