Jump to content

1934 Twickenham by-election

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1934 Twickenham by-election

← 1932 22 June 1934 1935 →

Constituency of Twickenham
Registered81,529
Turnout55.5% (Increase 3.6%)
  First party Second party
 
Lab
Candidate Alfred Critchley Percy Holman
Party Conservative Labour
Popular vote 23,395 19,890
Percentage 56.1% 43.9%
Swing Decrease 0.1% Increase 0.1%

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.

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

[edit]
1934 Twickenham by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred Critchley 23,395 56.1 −0.1
Labour Co-op Percy Holman 19,890 43.9 +0.1
Majority 5,505 12.2 −0.2
Turnout 43,285 55.5 +3.6
Registered electors 81,529
Conservative hold Swing -0.1

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  • 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 Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]