| 词条 | 1931 Bristol East by-election |
| 释义 |
The Bristol East by-election of 1931 was held on 16 January 1931. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Walter John Baker. It was won by the Labour candidate Stafford Cripps.[1] Electoral history{{Election box begin ||title=General Election 1929: Bristol East}}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Walter Baker |votes = 24,197 |percentage = 65.8 |change = +7.6 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Charles Gordon-Spencer |votes = 12,576 |percentage = 34.2 |change = -7.6 }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 11,621 |percentage = 31.6 |change = +15.2 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = |percentage = 78.2 |change = -1.6 }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = +7.6 }}{{Election box end}} CandidatesThe Liberal Party ran 56 year-old Edward Baker.[2] Baker owned an engineering business in East London. He had previously contested Manchester Platting for the Liberal Party at the 1924 General Election and Howdenshire for the Liberal Party at the 1929 General Election.[3] Result{{Election box begin |title=Bristol East by-election January 1931[4]}}{{Election box candidate with party link||party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Stafford Cripps |votes = 19,261 |percentage = 61.7 |change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Peter Chapman-Walker |votes = 7,937 |percentage = 25.4 |change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Edward Baker |votes = 4,010 |percentage = 12.8 |change = }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 11,324 |percentage = 36.3 |change = }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = |percentage = |change = }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }}{{Election box end}} AftermathFollowing the formation of the National Government, the Liberals in Bristol East chose not to run a candidate at the 1931 General Election. Baker was chosen again to contest Howdenshire but withdrew to support the incumbent National Government candidate. He fought Howdenshire again in 1935 without success.[5] References1. ^http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm {{By-elections to the 35th UK Parliament}}{{England-UK-Parl-by-election-stub}}2. ^The Liberal Year Book, 1928 3. ^The Times House of Commons, 1929 4. ^Cooke, Colin (1957) The Life of Richard Stafford Cripps, p.119 5. ^The Times House of Commons, 1935 5 : 1931 elections in the United Kingdom|1931 in England|20th century in Bristol|January 1931 events|By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Bristol constituencies |
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