1925 Stockport by-election

The 1925 Stockport by-election was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Stockport in Cheshire on 17 September 1925. The by-election was won by the Labour Party candidate Arnold Townend.

## Vacancy[edit]

The Conservative MP William Greenwood had died on 19 August 1925, aged 50. He had held the seat since his election as a Coalition Conservative at a by-election in 1920.

## Candidates[edit]

The Liberal Party candidate was 55-year-old Henry Fildes, who had also been elected at the 1920 by-election as one of the constituency's two MPs, but lost his seat at the 1923 general election. He had not contested the 1924 general election.

The Labour Party candidate was 45-year-old Arnold Townend, who had been unsuccessful in Manchester Blackley at the 1918 and 1922 general elections.

The Conservative candidate was T. Eastham.

## Result[edit]

On a high turnout, the vote split three ways, and Townend won the seat for Labour with only 36.5% of the votes. He was re-elected at the 1929 general election, but heavily defeated at the 1931 general election when Labour split over Ramsay MacDonald's formation of a National Government.

Henry Fildes Stockport by-election, 1925  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Arnold Townend | 20,219  | 36.5  | +11.7
| Conservative | T. Eastham  | 17,892  | 32.3  | -29.0
| Liberal | Henry Fildes | 17,296  | 31.2  | +17.3
Majority  | 2,327  | 4.2  | N/A
Turnout | 55,407  | 85.7  | −0.2
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |  |
General election 1924: Stockport  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | William Greenwood | 28,057  | 31.6  | +9.2
| Conservative | Samuel Hammersley | 26,417  | 29.7  | +9.7
| Labour | Arnold Townend | 21,986  | 24.8  | +6.8
| Liberal | Charles Royle | 12,386  | 13.9  | -7.3
Majority  | 4,431  | 4.9  | N/A
Turnout | 88,846  | 85.9  | +14.2
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |  |

## See also[edit]

* Stockport (UK Parliament constituency)
* Stockport
* 1920 Stockport by-election
* List of United Kingdom by-elections (1918–1931)

## Notes[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 Historical List of MPs

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