1931_Bristol_East_by-election

1931 Bristol East by-election

1931 Bristol East by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

The 1931 Bristol East by-election was held on 16 January 1931. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Walter John Baker. It was won by the Labour candidate Stafford Cripps.[1]

Electoral history

More information Party, Candidate ...

Candidates

The Liberal Party ran 56 year-old Edward Baker.[2] Baker owned an engineering business in East London. He had previously contested Manchester Platting for the Liberal Party at the 1924 general election and Howdenshire for the Liberal Party at the 1929 general election.[3]

Result

More information Party, Candidate ...

Aftermath

Following the formation of the National Government, the Liberals in Bristol East chose not to run a candidate at the 1931 general election. Baker was chosen again to contest Howdenshire but withdrew to support the incumbent National Government candidate. He fought Howdenshire again in 1935 without success.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  2. [2]
    The Liberal Year Book, 1928
  3. [3]
    The Times House of Commons, 1929
  4. [4]
    Cooke, Colin (1957) The Life of Richard Stafford Cripps, p.119
  5. [5]
    The Times House of Commons, 1935


Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2 Stub icon 3

This article about a by-election to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in England is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 1931_Bristol_East_by-election, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.