Galloway by-election, 1925
Encyclopedia
The Galloway by-election, 1925 was a by-election
held for the British House of Commons
constituency
of Galloway
in Scotland
on 17 November 1925. The by-election was won by the Unionist Party candidate Sidney Richard Streatfeild.
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The Liberal Party
candidate was 40-year-old Cecil Dudgeon
, who had held the seat from 1922
until his defeat in 1924 by Henniker-Hughan.
The Labour Party
candidate was J. Mitchell.
.
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
held 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 Galloway
Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)
Galloway was a county constituency in the Galloway area of Scotland. It elected one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by the first past the post voting system....
in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
on 17 November 1925. The by-election was won by the Unionist Party candidate Sidney Richard Streatfeild.
Vacancy
The Unionist MP Sir Arthur Henniker-Hughan had died on 4 October 1925. He had held the seat since the 1924 general electionUnited Kingdom general election, 1924
- Seats summary :- References :* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* - External links :* * *...
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Candidates
The Unionist candidate was 31-year-old Sidney Richard Streatfeild, who had previously contested the City of Durham constituency at the 1924 general election.The Liberal Party
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
candidate was 40-year-old Cecil Dudgeon
Cecil Dudgeon
Cecil Randolph Dudgeon was a Scottish Liberal Party Member of Parliament who joined Oswald Mosley's New Party....
, who had held the seat 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...
until his defeat in 1924 by Henniker-Hughan.
The Labour Party
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...
candidate was J. Mitchell.
Result
On an increased turnout, Streatfeild held the seat for the Unionists, with a reduced majority of 928 votes. Dudgeon regained the seat at the 1929 general electionUnited Kingdom general election, 1929
-Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987*-External links:***...
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Votes
See also
- Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)Galloway was a county constituency in the Galloway area of Scotland. It elected one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by the first past the post voting system....
- GallowayGallowayGalloway is an area in southwestern Scotland. It usually refers to the former counties of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire...
- List of United Kingdom by-elections (1918 - 1931)