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1931 Stroud by-election

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Candidates
Result
Aftermath
References

The Stroud by-election of 1931 was held on 21 May 1931. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Sir Frank Nelson. It was won by the Conservative candidate Walter Perkins.^[1]

Candidates

The Liberal Party ran 56 year-old Arthur William Stanton of Field Place, Stroud.^[2] Stanton was a solicitor.^[3] He had been their candidate at both the 1924 and 1929 General Elections. Previously he had contested Gloucester for the Liberal Party at both the 1922 and 1923 General Elections.^[4]

Result

{{Election box begin |
|title=Stroud by-election, 1931
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Walter Perkins
|votes = 17,641
|percentage = 49.6
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =Herbert John Maynard
|votes = 10,688
|percentage = 30.0
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Arthur William Stanton
|votes = 7,267
|percentage = 20.4
|change =
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 6,953
|percentage = 19.6
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 71.4
|change =
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}

Aftermath

Following the formation of the National Government, the Liberals chose not to run a candidate at the 1931 General Election. Stanton did run again, at the 1935 General Election in Chippenham, again without success. In 1937 he was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire.^[5]

References

1. ^http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
2. ^The Liberal Year Book, 1926
3. ^The Times House of Commons, 1935
4. ^The Times House of Commons, 1929
5. ^{{London Gazette |issue= 34381|page=1819|date= 19 March 1937 }}

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