1934 Twickenham by-election

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1934 Twickenham by-election
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  1932 22 June 1934 1935  

Constituency of Twickenham
Registered81,529
Turnout55.5% (Increase2.svg 3.6%)
 First partySecond party
  Brig-Gen Alfred Critchley (3x4 crop).png
Lab
Candidate Alfred Critchley Percy Holman
Party Conservative Labour
Popular vote23,39519,890
Percentage56.1%43.9%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.1%Increase2.svg 0.1%

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A map of parliamentary constituencies within the county of Middlesex at the time of the by-election, with Twickenham highlighted in red.

MP before election

Hylton Murray-Philipson
Conservative

Elected MP

Alfred Critchley
Conservative

The 1934 Twickenham by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 22 June 1934 for the British House of Commons constituency of Twickenham in Middlesex.

Contents

The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Hylton Murray-Philipson, died on 24 May 1934, aged 31. He had held the seat since a by-election in 1932.

The result was a victory for the Conservative candidate Alfred Critchley, who had stood for the Empire Free Trade Crusade and the United Empire Party in the 1931 Islington East by-election and as a Conservative at the 1929 general election.

Results

1934 Twickenham by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Critchley 23,395 56.1 -0.1
Labour Percy Holman 19,89043.9+0.1
Majority5,50512.2-0.2
Turnout 43,28555.5+3.6
Registered electors 81,529
Conservative hold Swing -0.1

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