1930 Sheffield Brightside by-election

The Sheffield Brightside by-election of 1930 was held on 6 February 1930. The by-election was held due to the elevated to the peerage of the incumbent Labour MP, Arthur Ponsonby. It was won by the Labour candidate Fred Marshall.[1]

Arthur Ponsonby

Previous result
General election 1929[2] Electorate 47,521
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Arthur Ponsonby 20,277 55.2
Conservative R. I. Money 9,828 26.8
Liberal William Ashcroft Lambert 6,621 18.0
Majority 10,449 28.4
Turnout 77.3
Labour hold Swing

Candidates
  • The Liberal Party ran William Ashcroft Lambert, a Sheffield solicitor and City Councillor. He had been Liberal candidate here at the last general election[3]
  • Fred Marshall (Labour Party), an Alderman and wagon builder.
  • J. T. Murphy (Communist Party)
  • F. Hamer Russell (Conservative Party), a builders merchant.

Result
Sheffield Brightside by-election, 1930
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Fred Marshall 11.543[4] 46.37 -8.85
Conservative Hamer Russell 8.612[4] 34.6 +7.84
Liberal William Ashcroft Lambert 3,650[4] 14.66 -3.34
Communist J. T. Murphy 1,084[4] 4.35 +4.35
Turnout 24889 52 -25
Labour hold Swing

See also

References
  1. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
  2. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  3. The Times House of Commons, 1929
  4. "Sheffield Election." Times [London, England] 7 Feb. 1930: 14. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 29 Dec. 2013.


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