The Gateshead by-election, 1931 was a parliamentary by-election held on 8 June 1931 for the British House of Commons constituency of Gateshead. A by-election or bye-election (called special election in the United States) is an Election held to fill a political office that has become vacant Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords In the United Kingdom (UK, each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly Gateshead will be a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Previous MP
The seat had become vacant on when the constituency's Labour Member of Parliament (MP), Sir James Melville, had died on 1 May, aged 46. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Sir James Benjamin Melville KC ( 20 April 1885 - 1 May 1931) James Melville was born at Le Havre, France Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. He been Gateshead's MP since the 1929 general election, and had been Solicitor-General from 1929 to 1930. The 1929 UK general election was held on 30 May 1929 and resulted in a Hung parliament. Her Majesty's Solicitor General for England and Wales, often known as the Solicitor General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Attorney
Candidates
The Conservative Party candidate was Cuthbert Headlam, who had been MP for Barnard Castle from 1924 until his defeat in 1929. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Sir Cuthbert Morley Headlam 1st Baronet, DSO, OBE, TD, DL (1876&ndash 27 February 1964) was a British Conservative Barnard Castle was a County constituency centred on the town of Barnard Castle in County Durham, which returned one Member of Parliament to the The 1924 UK general election was held on 29 October 1924 The Conservatives, led by Stanley Baldwin performed dramatically better in electoral terms than in The 1929 UK general election was held on 30 May 1929 and resulted in a Hung parliament. Labour selected Herbert Evans, who had stood unsuccessfully at the 1929 election in the Maldon constituency in Essex. Herbert Evans (1868 &ndash 7 October 1931) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. Maldon will be a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Essex is a county in the East of England. The County town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common
In 1929, there had been both a Liberal and an independent candidate in Gateshead, but the by-election was a two-way contest between Labour and Conservative. The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party
Results
The result was a narrow victory for Evans. His 51. 6% share of the votes was only a small fall from his predecessor's result in 1929, but Headlam picked up the votes which had previously gone to Liberal and independent candidates, and cut the Labour majority from a safe 31. 1% to a precarious 3. 2%.
However, Evans did not live to defend the seat; he died on 7 October 1931, the day on which Parliament was dissolved for the 1931 general election. Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories The UK general election on Tuesday 27 October 1931 was the last in the United Kingdom not held on a Thursday The Gateshead seat was then won by the National Liberal Party candidate, Thomas Magnay, and Headlam was re-elected in Barnard Castle. Historically the National Liberal Party was a name used by two groups of politicians who had formerly been associated with the Liberal Party in the United Kingdom Thomas Magnay ( 14 September 1876 &ndash 3 November 1949) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom, who joined
Votes
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Herbert Evans | 22,893 | 51. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Herbert Evans (1868 &ndash 7 October 1931) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. 6 | −1. 0 | |
| Conservative | Cuthbert Headlam | 21,501 | 48. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Sir Cuthbert Morley Headlam 1st Baronet, DSO, OBE, TD, DL (1876&ndash 27 February 1964) was a British Conservative 4 | +26. 9 | |
| Majority | 1,392 | 3. 2 | −27. 9 | ||
| Turnout | 44,394 | 60. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 8 | −13. 1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
See also
- Gateshead constituency
- Gateshead
- List of United Kingdom by-elections
- United Kingdom by-election records
References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Swing in a British political context is a single figure used as an indication of the scale of voter change between two political parties Gateshead will be a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England. It lies on the southern bank of the River Tyne, opposite Newcastle upon Tyne. This is a list of parliamentary By-elections in the United Kingdom since 1979 with the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective parties UK by-election records is an annotated list of notable records from United Kingdom By-elections. Frederick Walter Scott Craig ( December 10, 1929 - March 23, 1989) was a Scottish psephologist and compiler of reference British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
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