Liverpool Wavertree by-election, 1935

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

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[edit] Vacancy

The seat had become vacant when the 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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%.

However, he 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 .

[edit] Votes

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 A. 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
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

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