1931_Stroud_by-election

1931 Stroud by-election

1931 Stroud by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

The 1931 Stroud by-election was held on 21 May 1931. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Sir Frank Nelson. It was won by the Conservative candidate Walter Perkins.[1]

Candidates

The Liberal Party ran 56 year-old Arthur William Stanton of Field Place, Stroud.[2] Stanton was a solicitor.[3] He had been their candidate at both the 1924 and 1929 general elections. Previously he had contested Gloucester for the Liberal Party at both the 1922 and 1923 general elections.[4]

Result

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Aftermath

Following the formation of the National Government, the Liberals chose not to run a candidate at the 1931 general election. Stanton did run again, at the 1935 general election in Chippenham, again without success. In 1937 he was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  2. [2]
    The Liberal Year Book, 1926
  3. [3]
    The Times House of Commons, 1935
  4. [4]
    The Times House of Commons, 1929
  5. [5]
    "No. 34381". The London Gazette. 19 March 1937. p. 1819.


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