1920 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election

1920 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election
← 1918 31 January 1920 1922 →
 
Candidate de Frece Robinson Marshall
Party Unionist Labour Liberal
Popular vote 8,864 8,127 3,511
Percentage 43.3% 39.6% 17.1%
MP before election

Stanley
Unionist

Subsequent MP

de Frece
Unionist

The 1920 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election was a by-election held on 31 January 1920 for the British House of Commons constituency of Ashton-under-Lyne.

The by-election was triggered by the elevation to the peerage of the town's Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) Albert Stanley, who was ennobled as Baron Ashfield.

The result was a victory for the Conservative candidate Sir Walter de Frece, who held the seat with a massively reduced majority.

British Pathe has a newsreel clip of Sir Walter de Frece campaigning in the by-election with his wife Vesta Tilley.[1]

Votes and result

Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1920
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist Walter de Frece 8,864 43.3 −15.0
Labour William Robinson 8,127 39.6 New
Liberal Arthur Marshall 3,511 17.1 New
Majority 738 3.7 −12.9
Turnout 20,502 82.3 +13.9
Unionist hold Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

References

  1. ^ "MISS VESTA TILLEY". British Pathé. Retrieved 13 June 2024.

See also