The 1929 Wansbeck by-election was a
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 ...
held on 13 February 1929 for the
British House of Commons
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The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 mem ...
constituency
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of
Wansbeck.
Vacancy
The by-election was triggered by the death of the constituency's
Labour Party Member of Parliament
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(MP)
George Warne, who had held the seat since the
1922 general election.
Candidates
The local Liberal association had selected 39 year-old Harry Anson Briggs as their prospective candidate in 1928. Briggs had stood for the Liberals in the 1923 general election at
Sheffield Attercliffe and in the 1924 general election at
Buckrose
Buckrose was a wapentake of the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, England consisting of the north-west part of the county; its territory is now partly in the modern East Riding and partly in North Yorkshire. Established in medieval times, it ...
. He was educated at Sheffield Secondary School and Sheffield University. He saw active service from 1914-18 in France and Belgium.
[The Liberal Year Book, 1926]
Result
The result was a victory for the Labour candidate George Shield, who held the seat with a greatly increased majority.
Shield was re-elected at the
general election in May 1929.
References
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See also
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Wansbeck constituency
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1940 Wansbeck by-election
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1918 Wansbeck by-election
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List of United Kingdom by-elections (1918–1931)
This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom held between 1918 and 1931, with the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective parties. Where seats changed political party at the election, the result is highlighte ...
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1929 elections in the United Kingdom
1929 in England
20th century in Northumberland
By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Northumberland constituencies