Barnsley by-election, 1938
Encyclopedia
The Barnsley by-election, 1938 was a by-election
held on 16 June 1938 for the British House of Commons
constituency
of Barnsley
in what was then the West Riding of Yorkshire
.
The seat had become vacant on the death in April 1938 of the Labour
Member of Parliament (MP) John Samuel Potts, who had represented the constituency since the 1935 general election
, having previously been Barnsley's MP from 1922
to 1931
.
The Labour candidate, Frank Collindridge
, held the seat for his party with a slightly increased majority.
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
held on 16 June 1938 for the British House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
constituency
United Kingdom constituencies
In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...
of Barnsley
Barnsley (UK Parliament constituency)
Barnsley was a Parliamentary constituency covering the town of Barnsley in England. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.-History:...
in what was then the West Riding of Yorkshire
West Riding of Yorkshire
The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of the three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the administrative county, County of York, West Riding , was based closely on the historic boundaries...
.
The seat had become vacant on the death in April 1938 of the Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
Member of Parliament (MP) John Samuel Potts, who had represented the constituency since the 1935 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1935
The United Kingdom general election held on 14 November 1935 resulted in a large, though reduced, majority for the National Government now led by Conservative Stanley Baldwin. The greatest number of MPs, as before, were Conservative, while the National Liberal vote held steady...
, having previously been Barnsley's MP from 1922
United Kingdom general election, 1922
The United Kingdom general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922. It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish Free State, and was won by Andrew Bonar Law's Conservatives, who gained an overall majority over Labour, led by John...
to 1931
United Kingdom general election, 1931
The United Kingdom general election on Tuesday 27 October 1931 was the last in the United Kingdom not held on a Thursday. It was also the last election, and the only one under universal suffrage, where one party received an absolute majority of the votes cast.The 1931 general election was the...
.
The Labour candidate, Frank Collindridge
Frank Collindridge
Frank Collindridge was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.Born in Barnsley, Collindridge was elected as Member of Parliament for Barnsley at a by-election in 1938, and represented the constituency until he died during the campaign for the 1951 general election in Barnsley aged 60.In...
, held the seat for his party with a slightly increased majority.
Votes
See also
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- List of United Kingdom by-elections