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Henry Fildes
Sir Henry Fildes (12 May 1870 – 12 July 1948) was a Liberal Party, later National Liberal Party) and later still Liberal National Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was a member of parliament (MP) from 1920 to 1923 and from 1935 to 1945. He was elected as Coalition Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Stockport at a by-election in March 1920, following the death of one of the constituency's two MPs and the resignation of the other. He was re-elected in 1922 as a National Liberal (as the Coalition Liberals became following the dissolution of the Coalition), but was defeated at the 1923 general election by the Liberal Party candidate Charles Royle. He did not contest the 1924 election, and came third in a closely fought 3-way contest at the 1925 by-election. He was unsuccessful again in 1929, and did not stand in 1931. After the death in July 1935 of Joseph Hunter, the Liberal National MP for Dumfriesshire, Fildes contested the by-election in September, winni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920 Stockport By-election
The 1920 Stockport by-election was a by-election, parliamentary by-election held on 27 March 1920 for the United Kingdom constituency, constituency of Stockport (UK Parliament constituency), Stockport, in Cheshire. It followed the death of Spencer Leigh Hughes and resignation of George Wardle, the two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament (MPs) for Stockport. With the departure of both MPs, a single by-election was held for both seats. Always a rare occurrence in Britain, Stockport was the first such by-election since the 1899 Oldham by-election; it proved to be the last such by-election, as multi-member constituencies were abolished in 1950. Background At the 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 general election, the Lloyd George Coalition Government had won a large majority. The coalition included most of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal parties. Both Stockport MPs had been Coalition candidates, Hughes bein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |