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1931 Islington East by-election

UK parliamentary by-election

UK parliamentary by-election

FieldValue
election_name1931 Islington East by-election
typeparliamentary
countryUnited Kingdom
seats_for_electionConstituency of Islington East
ongoingno
previous_election1929 United Kingdom general election
previous_year1929
next_election1931 United Kingdom general election
next_yearOct. 1931
election_date19 February 1931
<!-- Lab -->candidate1**Leah Manning**
image1[[File:Leah manning (3x4 crop).jpgx160px]]
party1Labour Party (UK)
popular_vote1**10,591**
percentage1**34.7%**
swing1**3.3%**
<!-- EFTC -->candidate2Alfred Critchley
image2[[File:Brig-Gen Alfred Critchley (3x4 crop).pngx160px]]
party2Empire Free Trade Crusade
popular_vote28,314
percentage227.2%
swing2**
<!-- Con -->candidate4Thelma Cazalet
image4[[File:Thelma_Cazalet.jpgx160px]]
party4Conservative Party (UK)
popular_vote47,182
percentage423.5%
swing410.6%
<!-- Liberal -->candidate5Horace Crawfurd
image5**Lib**
party5Liberal Party (UK)
popular_vote54,450
percentage514.6%
swing513.3%
map_imageIslingtonEast1918.png
map_captionA map of parliamentary constituencies within the County of London at the time of the by-election, with Islington East highlighted in ****.
titleMP
before_electionEthel Bentham
before_partyLabour Party (UK)
after_electionLeah Manning
after_partyLabour Party (UK)

The 1931 Islington East by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 19 February 1931 for the UK House of Commons constituency of Islington East in Islington, North London.

The seat had become vacant when the Labour Member of Parliament, Dr Ethel Bentham, died on 19 January 1931, aged 70. She had held the seat since the 1929 general election.

Candidates

Labour selected as its candidate the 45-year-old Leah Manning, President of the National Union of Teachers. The Conservative Party candidate was Thelma Cazalet, a 31-year-old feminist and member of the London County Council. The Liberal candidate was Horace Crawfurd, who had been the MP for Walthamstow West from 1924 until his defeat at the 1929 general election.

The fourth candidate, Air Commodore Alfred Critchley, was referred to by Thelma Cazalet as "the Beaverbrook candidate". He stood for the Empire Free Trade Crusade and the United Empire Party, which both sought to make the British Empire a free trade bloc. The Empire Crusade had won the Paddington South by-election in October 1930, and hoped to repeat its success. Critchley had been the Conservative candidate in Manchester Gorton in 1929.

Result

On a reduced turnout, Manning held the seat for Labour with a majority of 2,277 votes. Critchley came second with 27.2% of the votes, a setback for the Empire Crusade.

Aftermath

The Empire Crusade also failed to win the Westminster St George's by-election in March. At the 1931 general election, Cazalet won the seat by a large majority, serving as Islington East's MP until her defeat by Labour's Eric Fletcher at the 1945 general election. After her defeat in 1931, Manning did not return to Parliament until her victory in Epping in 1945. Critchley rejoined the Conservative Party, and won the Twickenham by-election in 1934.

References

References

  1. Craig, F. W. S.. (1983). "British parliamentary election results 1918–1949". Parliamentary Research Services.
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