The Manchester Clayton

by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...

of 18 February 1922 was held after the death of the Conservative politician and

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

(MP)

Edward Hopkinson Edward Hopkinson (28 May 1859 – 15 January 1922) was a British electrical engineer and Conservative politician. He was the fourth son of John Hopkinson, an engineer who was mayor of Manchester in 1882/83.''Obituary: A Great Engineer, Mr Edward ...

. Labour took the seat in the by-election.

Candidates

William Henry Flanagan William Henry Flanagan (8 April 1871 – 21 June 1944) was a British wadding and wool merchant and a Conservative and Unionist Party politician. He was the member of parliament (MP) for Manchester Clayton twice, from 1922 to 1923 and from 1931 to ...

was the Conservative and Unionist candidate and was a Wadding and Wool Merchant. *

John Edward Sutton John Edward Sutton (23 December 1862 – 29 November 1945) was a British trades unionist and Labour Party politician. At the age of 14, Sutton took up employment at Bradford Colliery, Manchester. He became a check-weighman and secretary of the ...

was the Labour candidate and was a trade union official.

Results

References

{{By-elections to the 31st UK Parliament 1922 elections in the United Kingdom Clayton 1922 in England 1920s in Manchester

Candidates

Results

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