| 词条 | 1925 Ripon by-election |
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The Ripon by-election, 1925 was a parliamentary by-election held on 5 December 1925 for the British House of Commons constituency of Ripon. VacancyThe by-election was a consequence of the sitting MP Edward Wood (later the 1st Earl of Halifax) being elevated to the peerage as Baron Irwin in order to serve as Viceroy of India. Election historyWood had served Ripon as a Conservative since 1910. At every election since 1918, Wood was returned unopposed. CandidatesTwo candidates were nominated. The Conservative candidate was the John Waller Hills, who had represented the City of Durham until he was defeated in the 1922 general election. He was opposed in the by-election by the Liberal candidate John Murray, another former MP who had lost his seat in the 1923 general election in Leeds West. Murray had subsequently fought unsuccessfully in the Kirkcaldy Burghs constituency in the 1924 general election. There was no Labour candidate. Main issues and campaignDuring the campaign Murray openly disagreed with his own leader Lloyd George's plans for nationalization of land and the coal industry.[1] ResultThe Conservatives held the seat; {{Election box begin | title=Ripon by-election, 1925Electorate 37,338[2]}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = John Waller Hills |votes = 16,433 |percentage = 59.0 |change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = John Murray |votes = 11,422 |percentage = 41.0 |change = }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 5,011 |percentage = 18.0 |change = }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = |percentage = 74.6 |change = }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |loser = |swing = }}{{Election box end}} AftermathAfter his defeat, Murray did not stand for parliament again while Hills sought to defend Ripon at the General election. The result at the following General election; {{Election box begin | title=1929 General ElectionElectorate 55,191[3]}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = John Waller Hills |votes = 23,173 |percentage = 55.1 |change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Frederick L Boult |votes = 14,542 |percentage = 34.6 |change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Arthur Godfrey |votes = 4,339 |percentage = 10.3 |change = }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 8,631 |percentage = 20.5 |change = }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = |percentage = 76.2 |change = }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |loser = |swing = }}{{Election box end}} Hills was to remain MP for Ripon until his death in 1939. External links1. ^B W Clapp, John Murray in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, OUP 2004-09 2. ^F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949 3. ^F W S Craig, British Parliamentary ElectionResults 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow1949
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