1934_Rushcliffe_by-election

1934 Rushcliffe by-election

1934 Rushcliffe by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

The 1934 Rushcliffe by-election was held on 26 July 1934. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Henry Betterton. It was won by the Conservative candidate Ralph Assheton.[1]

Candidates

The Liberal Party selected Arthur Thomas Marwood, who had been their candidate in the 1929 general election. He was a commercial traveller in the grocery trade. He lived locally, in Carlton. He had run a Baptist church.[2]

Result

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Aftermath

Marwood contested Derbyshire North East at the 1935 general election.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  2. [2]
    The Times House of Commons, 1929
  3. [3]
    The Times House of Commons, 1935


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