The 1930

Fulham West Fulham West was a borough constituency based in the London district of Fulham. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1955. At the 1918 general election the previous Fulham cons ...

by-election was held on 6 May 1930. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Labour MP,

Ernest Spero (George) Ernest Spero, later Spears, (2 March 1894 – 7 January 1960 ''or'' June 1976) was a British physician, writer, journalist, businessman and politician. He served as a Liberal MP in 1923–24, and a Labour MP from 1929–30, when he resig ...

citing ill health (although he was shortly to be declared bankrupt). It was won by the Conservative candidate

Cyril Cobb Sir Cyril Stephen Cobb, KBE, MVO (1861 – 8 March 1938) was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. He was the son of J F Cobb of Margate, Kent. Following education at Newton Abbot, Devon and at Merton College, Oxford, he stu ...

Background

Sir Cyril Cobb, the Unionist candidate, had been the Member of Parliament for Fulham West from

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until he lost the seat to Ernest Spero in

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, although in the previous two general elections his majority had been less than 2,000 votes. Cobb was also a long time member, and former chairman of the

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. The Labour Party put forward

John Banfield John William Banfield (29 August 1875 – 25 May 1945) was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wednesbury from 1932 until his death in 1945. Early life Banfield was born in Burton- ...

, an official in the Amalgamated Union of Operative Bakers, Confectioners and Allied Workers and a member of Fulham Borough Council. Unlike the previous general election the Liberals did not field a candidate.

Result

Cobb and Banfield contested the seat again at the next general election, with Cobb increasing his majority to over 12,000 votes.

References

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