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1927 Stourbridge by-election

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Vacancy
Electoral history
Candidates
Campaign
Result
Aftermath
References

This was a parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Stourbridge. Stourbridge was one of the Worcestershire constituencies, bordering Bewdley, where the Conservative Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin sat.

Vacancy

Douglas Pielou who had been the Unionist MP here since 1922, died on 9 January 1927, at the age of 39, causing the by-election.

Electoral history

Pielou had gained the seat in 1922 from the Liberals. Since then, Labour had emerged as the main challenger, finishing a close second at the last General election in 1924;

{{Election box begin |title=General Election, 29 October 1924: Stourbridge^[1]

Electorate: 48,466}}

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|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Douglas Pielou
|votes = 16,023
|percentage = 39.5
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Wilfred Wellock
|votes = 14,113
|percentage = 34.8
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Geoffrey Mander
|votes = 10,418
|percentage = 25.7
|change =
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,910
|percentage =
|change =
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|votes =
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|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
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Candidates

The Unionist candidate chosen to defend the seat was 47-year-old Henry Hogbin. He had served briefly as the Liberal MP for Battersea South from 1923-24. At the 1924 election he had been defeated standing as a Constitutionalist despite the support of both Unionist and Liberal local Associations.
The Labour candidate was 50-year-old pacifist Wilfred Wellock. He was contesting the seat for the third time, having lost on the previous two occasions. He was imprisoned as a conscientious objector in the First World War.
The local Liberal association selected 41 year-old Aneurin John Glyn Edwards as their candidate. Edwards had traveled the country as a Factory Inspector. He then worked as a Barrister on the North Wales and Chester circuits.^[2] He was standing as a Liberal candidate for parliament for the fourth time, having contested; West Bromwich in 1922 and 1923 and Cardiff Central in 1924.

Campaign

Polling day was set for 23 February 1927, forty-five days after the death of Pielou, allowing for a reasonably lengthy campaign.

Result

Labour gained the seat from the Unionists;

{{Election box begin |
|title= Stourbridge by-election, 23 February 1927^[3]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Wilfred Wellock
|votes = 16,561
|percentage = 41.9
|change = +7.1
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry Hogbin
|votes = 13,462
|percentage = 34.0
|change = -5.5
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Aneurin John Glyn Edwards
|votes = 9,535
|percentage = 24.1
|change = -1.6
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,099
|percentage =
|change =
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|votes =
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|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Unionist Party (UK)
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Aftermath

Wellock stood again here at the next General Election and was re-elected. Hogbin did not stand again. Edwards contested Burnley and finished third.

{{Election box begin |title=General Election, 30 May 1929: Stourbridge^[4]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Wilfred Wellock
|votes = 21,343
|percentage = 38.4
|change = -3.5
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Stanley Reed
|votes = 17,675
|percentage = 31.8
|change = -2.2
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Donald Finnemore
|votes = 16,537
|percentage = 29.8
|change = +5.7
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,668
|percentage =
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage =
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|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}

References

1. ^British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
2. ^The Times House of Commons, 1929
3. ^British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
4. ^British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.

5 : 1929 elections in the United Kingdom|1929 in England|By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Worcestershire constituencies|Stourbridge|Politics of Dudley

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