1931 Stroud by-election

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The 1931 Stroud by-election was held on 21 May 1931. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Sir Frank Nelson. It was won by the Conservative candidate Walter Perkins. [1]

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Candidates

The Liberal Party ran 56 year-old Arthur William Stanton of Field Place, Stroud. [2] Stanton was a solicitor. [3] He had been their candidate at both the 1924 and 1929 general elections. Previously he had contested Gloucester for the Liberal Party at both the 1922 and 1923 general elections. [4]

Result

Stroud by-election, 1931
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter Perkins 17,641 49.6 +5.1
Labour John Maynard 10,68830.0+3.9
Liberal Arthur William Stanton7,26720.4−9.1
Majority6,95319.6+4.6
Turnout 35,59671.4−10.2
Conservative hold Swing +6.5

Aftermath

Following the formation of the National Government, the Liberals chose not to run a candidate at the 1931 general election. Stanton did run again, at the 1935 general election in Chippenham, again without success. In 1937 he was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  2. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1926
  3. ↑ The Times House of Commons, 1935
  4. ↑ The Times House of Commons, 1929
  5. ↑ "No. 34381". The London Gazette . 19 March 1937. p. 1819.


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