1931 Sunderland by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

The 1931 Sunderland by-election was held on 26 March 1931. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Alfred Smith. Smith and his Labour colleague Dr Marion Phillips had gained the two-member seat at the last general election from the Conservatives Luke Thompson and Walter Raine, who had first won it in 1922[1] Another defeated candidate in 1929 was the Liberal Dr Betty Morgan, then aged 24.[1] Both Thompson and Morgan contested the by-election.

The by-election saw Luke Thompson narrowly regain the seat he had lost in 1929 for the Conservatives. At the general election held later in the year, Thompson was returned with a greatly increased majority of over 23,000 votes, and his fellow Conservative Samuel Storey was also comfortably elected as the seat's second member.[2]

General election 1929: Sunderland[3] Electorate 101,875  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | YMarion Phillips | 31,794  | 19.5  | +0.2
| Labour | YAlfred Smith | 31,085  | 19.0  | N/A
| Conservative | Walter Raine | 29,180  | 17.9  | −7.4
| Conservative | Luke Thompson | 28,937  | 17.7  | −7.7
| Liberal | Betty Morgan | 21,300  | 13.0  | −4.8
| Liberal | John Pratt | 21,142  | 12.9  | +0.7
Majority  | 1,905  | 1.1  | N/A
Turnout | 163,438  | 81.1  | −3.5
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |  |
1931 Sunderland by-election[3] Electorate 103,363  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Luke Thompson | 30,497  | 40.3  | +3.7
| Labour | James Thomas Brownlie | 30,074  | 39.8  | +1.3
| Liberal | Betty Morgan | 15,020  | 19.9  | −6.0
Majority  | 423  | 0.5  | N/A
Turnout | 75,591  | 73.1  | −8.0
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |  |

## References

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1. ^ a b The Times House of Commons 1929. London: The Times Office. 1929. p. 62.
2. ^ The Times House of Commons 1931. London: The Times Office. 1931. p. 58.
3. ^ a b British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.

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