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

Stroud by-election, 1931
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Perkins	17,641	49.6	+5.1
	Labour	John Maynard	10,688	30.0	+3.9
	Liberal	Arthur William Stanton	7,267	20.4	-9.1
Majority			6,953	19.6	+4.6
Turnout			35,596	71.4	-10.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.5

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

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
^ The Liberal Year Book, 1926
^ The Times House of Commons, 1935
^ The Times House of Commons, 1929
^ "No. 34381". The London Gazette. 19 March 1937. p. 1819.

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