| 词条 | 1929 Eddisbury by-election |
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The Eddisbury by-election, 1929 was a by-election held on 20 March 1929 for the British House of Commons constituency of Eddisbury. VacancyThe election was triggered by the death of the sitting Unionist Member of Parliament (MP), Harry Barnston. He had been the MP here since re-gaining the seat from the Liberal at the January 1910 General Election. HistoryEddisbury had been won by the Unionists at every election since the seat was created in 1885, with the exception of the Liberal landslide election of 1906, when the Liberal Arthur Stanley won the seat. The Liberals came closest to winning the seat back in 1923 when the Unionist majority was only 196 votes. At the previous General Election in 1924, the result was a comfortable Unionist win; {{Election box begin | title=General Election 1924}}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Unionist Party (UK) |candidate = Harry Barnston |votes = 11,006 |percentage = 54.1 |change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Richard John Russell |votes = 9,337 |percentage = 45.9 |change = }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 1,689 |percentage = 8.2 |change = }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = |percentage = 86.9 |change = }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Unionist Party (UK) |loser = |swing = }}{{Election box end}} CandidatesIt was a straight fight between the Unionist, Lieutenant-Colonel Roderick George Fenwick-Palmer and the Liberal, Richard Russell, Labour having decided not to contest the seat.[1] The Labour Party had a weak organisation in the constituency and rarely fought the seat. Russell, a 57-year-old local government Alderman on Birkenhead Town Council, had the advantage of having fought the seat at the two previous general elections and had been nursing the constituency. Thirty-seven-year-old Fenwick Palmer (a descendant of Sir Robert Peel) was Chairman of Wrexham Conservative Association so was new to most electors in the constituency, although he was well known in Cheshire hunting circles.[2] CampaignOn 1 March, nationally, Liberal leader, David Lloyd George launched the Liberal programme for the upcoming General Election, titled We Can Conquer Unemployment. The main issues in the election concerned agriculture, and the controversial land programme of Liberal leader David Lloyd George.[3] This was unsurprising given the essentially rural nature of the constituency. ResultThe result was a Liberal gain from the Unionists.[4] {{Election box begin | title=Eddisbury by-election, 1929}}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Richard John Russell |votes = 10,223 |percentage = 53.4 |change = +7.5 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Unionist Party (UK) |candidate = Roderick George Fenwick-Palmer |votes = 8,931 |percentage = 46.6 |change = -7.5 }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 1,292 |percentage = 6.8 |change = }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = |percentage = 80.6 |change = -6.3 }}{{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Liberal Party (UK) |loser = Unionist Party (UK) |swing = +7.5 }}{{Election box end}} The Liberal victory in a seat not won since 1906, helped fuel speculation that the Liberal Party might win a General Election, expected within months. AftermathA couple of months later, Russell held the seat at the 1929 general election against the same Unionist opponent, with a slightly reduced majority; {{Election box begin ||title=General Election 1929 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Richard John Russell |votes = 13,688 |percentage = 51.6 |change = -1.8 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Unionist Party (UK) |candidate = Roderick George Fenwick-Palmer |votes = 12,862 |percentage = 48.4 |change = +1.8 }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 3.2 |percentage = 826 |change = -3.6 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = |percentage = 86.8 |change = +6.2 }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Liberal Party (UK) |loser = |swing = -1.8 }}{{Election box end}} External links
References1. ^The Times, 28 February 1929 {{By-elections to the 34th UK Parliament}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Eddisbury By-Election, 1929}}2. ^The Times, 5 March 1929 3. ^The Times, 6 March 1929 4. ^The Times, 22 March 1929 4 : 1929 elections in the United Kingdom|By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Cheshire constituencies|1929 in England|20th century in Cheshire |
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