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1933 Clay Cross By-election
The 1933 Clay Cross by-election was held on 1 September 1933. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Charles Duncan. Unusually, the Constituency Labour Party asked for nominations for the vacancy, and published the list: Percy Barstow of the National Union of Railwaymen, former leader of the party Arthur Henderson, Samuel Sales of the Derbyshire Miners' Association, and Ben Smith, former Member of Parliament for Rotherhithe. Henderson was chosen as the party's candidate, and Herbert Drinkwater acted as his election agent. Henderson easily won the election. This was Henderson's fifth by-election victory, having previously won in Burnley in 1924, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne East in 1923, in Widnes in 1919, and in Barnard Castle in 1903. References 1933 elections in the United Kingdom 1933 in England 1930s in Derbyshire By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Derbyshire constituencies {{England-UK-Parl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay Cross (UK Parliament Constituency)
Clay Cross was a county constituency centred on the village of Clay Cross in north-east Derbyshire. 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 system. The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election. Boundaries The Urban District of Clay Cross, the Rural District of Blackwell, and part of the Rural District of Chesterfield. Members of Parliament Election results Elections in the 1910s Elections in the 1920s Elections in the 1930s Elections in the 1940s References Bibliography * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Clay Cross (Uk Parliament Constituency) Parliamentary constituencies in Derbyshire (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 Burnley By-election
The 1924 Burnley by-election was held on 28 February 1924. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Dan Irving. It was won by the Labour candidate Arthur Henderson who had led the party. Henderson had lost his Newcastle East seat at last year's general election, but had been appointed Home Secretary The secretary of state for the Home Department, otherwise known as the home secretary, is a senior minister of the Crown in the Government of the United Kingdom. The home secretary leads the Home Office, and is responsible for all national ... in the Labour Government which had taken office in January. References Burnley by-election Burnley by-election Burnley by-election 1920s in Lancashire Politics of Burnley By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Lancashire constituencies {{England-UK-Parl-by-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 In England
Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. * January 28 – "Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, UK) a pamphlet entitled ''Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?'', in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls " Pakstan"; this influences the Pakistan Movement. * January 30 ** National Socialist German Workers Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg. ** Édouard Daladier forms a government in France in succession to Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is succeeded on October 26 by Albert Sarraut and on November 26 by Camille Chautemps. February * February 1 – Adolf Hitler gives his "Proclamation to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 Elections In The United Kingdom
Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. * January 28 – "Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, UK) a pamphlet entitled ''Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?'', in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls " Pakstan"; this influences the Pakistan Movement. * January 30 ** National Socialist German Workers Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg. ** Édouard Daladier forms a government in France in succession to Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is succeeded on October 26 by Albert Sarraut and on November 26 by Camille Chautemps. February * February 1 – Adolf Hitler gives his "Proclamation to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Pollitt
Harry Pollitt (22 November 1890 – 27 June 1960) was a British communist who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) from 1929 to September 1939 and again from 1941 until his death in 1960. Pollitt spent most of his life advocating communism. Ideologically a Marxist-Leninist, Pollitt was an adherent particularly of Joseph Stalin even after Stalin's death and disavowal by Nikita Khrushchev. Pollitt's acts included opposition to the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War and Polish–Soviet War, support for the Spanish Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, both support and opposition to the war against Nazi Germany, defence of the communist coup in Czechoslovakia, and support for the 1956 Soviet invasion of Hungary. He contested a number of parliamentary elections, but never won, despite coming close in 1945. Throughout his time as leader of CPGB, he was in direct secret radio contact with Moscow as CPGB's "Code Holder", and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1903 Barnard Castle By-election
The 1903 Barnard Castle by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Barnard Castle (UK Parliament constituency), Barnard Castle, in County Durham, on 24 July 1903. Vacancy The by-election was caused by the death of the sitting Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP, Sir Joseph Pease, 1st Baronet, Sir Joseph Pease on 23 June 1903 at the age of 75. Pease had been MP for Barnard Castle since the 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 general election, and before that one of the two MPs for South Durham (UK Parliament constituency), South Durham since 1865 United Kingdom general election, 1865. Candidates The Liberals selected Hubert Beaumont (Liberal politician), Hubert Beaumont to succeed Pease. Beaumont had fought King's Lynn (UK Parliament constituency), King's Lynn in 1895 and Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency), Buckingham in 1900. He would go on to become the MP for Eastbourne (UK P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1919 Widnes By-election
The 1919 Widnes by-election was held on 30 August 1919. The by-election was held due to the elevation to the peerage of the incumbent Coalition Conservative MP, William Walker. It was won by the Labour candidate Arthur Henderson. Result References Widnes Widnes Widnes ( ) is an Industrial city, industrial town in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, which at the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census had a population of 61,464. Historic counties of England, Historically in Lancashire, it is on t ... 1910s in Lancashire Widnes 1919 Widnes 1919 Widnes 1919 {{England-UK-Parl-by-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 Newcastle-upon-Tyne East By-election
The 1923 Newcastle-upon-Tyne East (UK Parliament constituency), Newcastle-upon-Tyne East by-election was held on 17 January 1923. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Joseph Nicholas Bell. Electoral history Result Aftermath References 1923 elections in the United Kingdom, Newcastle-upon-Tyne East by-election 1923 in England, Newcastle-upon-Tyne East by-election January 1923 events, Newcastle-upon-Tyne East by-election 20th century in Newcastle upon Tyne Elections in Newcastle upon Tyne By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Northumberland constituencies {{England-UK-Parl-by-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Election Agent
An election agent in elections in the United Kingdom, as well as some other similar political systems such as elections in India, is the person legally responsible for the conduct of a candidate's political campaign and to whom election material is sent by those running the election. In the United Kingdom, candidates may be their own election agent. The Electoral Commission provides periodic guidance for candidates and agents. In Canada and most of its provinces, an election agent is legally referred to as an official agent. Election agents are responsible for sanctioning all expenditure on the candidate's campaign, for maintaining the accuracy of and submitting to the returning officer the candidate's expenses and other documents, as well as deciding whether to contest the result of a count. Agents are also permitted to oversee the polling and counting of votes to ensure the accuracy and impartiality of the election, and may appoint polling and counting agents to assist them in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Duncan (politician)
Charles Duncan (8 June 1865 – 6 July 1933) was a British Labour Party politician and trade unionist. He was General Secretary of the Workers' Union from 1900 to 1929. He was Member of Parliament for Barrow-in-Furness from 1906 to 1918, and Member of Parliament for Clay Cross from 1922 to 1933 (his death). Early life Duncan was born on 8 June 1865 in Middlesbrough, England. He was the son of a ship's pilot. He was apprenticed to the engineering industry, and Elswick Ordnance Factory, Newcastle upon Tyne. Career Trade unionism Duncan joined Amalgamated Society of Engineers, and was active in the trade union movement for the rest of his life. When the Workers Union was founded in 1898 by Tom Mann, Duncan was its first president. In 1900 he was elected secretary of the union, an office he held until 1929. In that year the Workers Union was merged into the Transport and General Workers' Union. He was honorary president of the National Union of Police and Prison Officers wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Drinkwater
Herbert Drinkwater (1876 – November/December 1960) was a British socialist political activist. Born in Gloucester, Drinkwater found work as a journalist in the North West of England. In 1899, he joined the Independent Labour Party (ILP). The ILP soon affiliated to the Labour Party, and in 1918, Drinkwater began working for the party as a part-time organiser in the West Midlands. He proved successful, and in 1920 became the Labour Party's full-time regional organiser for the Midlands. Drinkwater believed that the party organisers needed better support, so in 1920 he founded both the National Union of Labour Organisers, becoming its general secretary, and the ''Labour Organiser'' journal, which he edited. In 1938, Drinkwater stood down as regional organiser, and set up a tobacconists shop in Worcester. He continued to run the union and edit the journal until he fully retired in 1944. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Drinkwater, Herbert 1876 births 1960 deaths General ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Smith (Labour Politician)
Sir Benjamin Smith (29 January 1879 – 5 May 1964) was a Labour Party politician in England. A driver of one of London's first taxicabs, Smith became the first organiser for the London Cab Drivers' Union. He was national organiser of the Transport and General Workers' Union from its formation in 1922 until he was elected to Parliament in 1923. He was sworn in as a member of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council in 1943. This gave him the honorific title "The Right Honourable" for life. Smith was member of Parliament (MP) for Rotherhithe from 1923 until 1931 and from 1935 until 1946. He served as Minister of Food in the 1945 Attlee ministry until his resignation in May 1946 to become chairman of West Midlands Coal Board. References External links"The New Cabinet" ''Time Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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