Liverpool Wavertree by-election, 1935

The Liverpool Wavertree by-election, 1935 was a by-election held in England for the House of Commons constituency of Liverpool Wavertree on 6 February 1935. It was won by the Labour Party candidate Joseph Jackson Cleary.

Vacancy

The seat had become vacant when the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Ronald Nall-Cain had succeeded to the peerage as Baron Brocket. He had held the seat since a by-election in 1931.

Electoral history

General Election October 1931: Liverpool Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ronald Nall-Cain	33,476	77.9	+12.9
	Labour	C. G. Clark	9,504	22.1	−12.9
Majority			23,972	55.8	+25.8
Turnout			42,980	75.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+12.9

Candidates

The Conservative candidate was James Platt, but Randolph Churchill (son the future Prime Minister Winston Churchill) stood as an "independent Conservative". The Labour Party candidate was 32-year-old Joseph Jackson Cleary, a local magistrate.

The Liberal Party selected 49 year-old Liverpool solicitor, Tudor Artro Morris as their candidate. Morris had contested Wallasey for the Liberals at the 1922 and 1923 General Elections. He was educated at the Liverpool Institute and Liverpool University.^[1]

Result

With the Conservative vote split between the official candidate and the independent Churchill, the result was a victory for the Labour candidate, Joseph Jackson Cleary, who took the seat on a swing of 30%.

Liverpool Wavertree by-election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Joseph Jackson Cleary	15,611	35.3	+13.2
	Conservative	James Platt	13,711	31.2	−46.7
	Independent Conservative	Randolph Churchill	10,575	23.9	N/A
	Liberal	Tudor Artro Morris	4,208	9.5	N/A
Majority			1,840	4.1
Turnout			44,165	72.3	−2.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	−30.0

Aftermath

Cleary was unseated at the 1935 general election by the Conservative Peter Shaw, who held the seat until he stood down at the 1945 general election.

Sources

↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1927

Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

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