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1920 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election

UK parliamentary by-election

Summary

UK parliamentary by-election

Field	Value
election_name	1920 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election
type	presidential
country	United Kingdom
previous_election	Ashton-under-Lyne (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s
previous_year	1918
next_election	Ashton-under-Lyne (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1920s
next_year	1922
election_date	31 January 1920
candidate1	de Frece
image1	[[File:Walter_de_Frece.jpg	70px]]
party1	Unionist Party (UK)
popular_vote1	8,864
percentage1	43.3%
candidate2	Robinson
image2	[[File:William_Cornforth_Robinson.jpg	68px]]
party2	Labour Party (UK)
popular_vote2	8,127
percentage2	39.6%
candidate3	Marshall
image3	[[File:Arthur_Marshall.jpg	65px]]
party3	Liberal Party (UK)
popular_vote3	3,511
percentage3	17.1%
map_size	250px
title	MP
posttitle	Subsequent MP
before_election	Stanley
before_party	Unionist Party (UK)
after_election	de Frece
after_party	Unionist Party (UK)

The 1920 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election was a by-election held on 31 January 1920 for the British House of Commons constituency of Ashton-under-Lyne.

The by-election was triggered by the elevation to the peerage of the town's Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) Albert Stanley, who was ennobled as Baron Ashfield.

The result was a victory for the Conservative candidate Sir Walter de Frece, who held the seat with a massively reduced majority.

British Pathe has a newsreel clip of Sir Walter de Frece campaigning in the by-election with his wife Vesta Tilley.

Result

References

"MISS VESTA TILLEY".

Wikipedia Source

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