Sheffield Brightside by-election, 1930

Arthur Ponsonby

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]

Previous result

General Election 1929^[2] Electorate 47,521

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Arthur Augustus William Harry Ponsonby	20,277	55.2
	Conservative	R. I. Money	9,828	26.8
	Liberal	W. A. Lambert	6,621	18.0
Majority			10,449	28.4
Turnout				77.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Candidates

• The Liberal Party ran W.A. 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 Electorate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Fred Marshall	11.543[4]	46.37	-8.85%
	Conservative	F. H. Russell	8.612[4]	34.6	+7.84%
	Liberal	W. A. 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

• List of United Kingdom by-elections (1918–1931)

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.