The 1930 Nottingham Central by-election was a
parliamentary by-election held on 27 May 1930 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
Nottingham Central.
Previous MP
The seat had become vacant on when the constituency's
Conservative Member of Parliament (MP),
Sir Albert Bennett, had
resigned his seat on 7 May. He had been Nottingham Central's MP since the
1924 general election.
Candidates
All three candidates were former MPs.
The Conservative candidate was
Terence O'Connor
Sir Terence James O'Connor, KC (13 September 1891 – 7 May 1940) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom
Biography
Born in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, O'Connor served with the Highland Light Infantry and the West African Frontier ...
, the former MP for
Luton, who had lost his seat at the
1924 general election.
He faced a
Labour Co-operative opponent
Alfred Waterson
Alfred Edward Waterson (5 August 1880, Derby – 25 November 1964) was a Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. He was the first Co-operative Party MP.
Born in Derby, Waterson was a railwayman and activist in his tra ...
, who had been
Co-operative Party MP for
Kettering from
1918
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Events
Below, the events ...
to
1922
Events
January
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, but had not contested a parliamentary election since his defeat.
The
Liberal Party candidate was
Reginald Berkeley, who had been MP for Nottingham Central from 1922 until he stood down in 1924. He had unsuccessfully contested the 1929 general election in
Aberdeen North.
Result
O'Connor held the seat comfortably, with 54% of the votes, and held the seat until his death in May 1940, triggering
another by-election.
Berkeley's 16.9% share was a long way below the 53.7% he had won when he last contested this seat, in 1923, reflecting the national decline in the fortunes of the Liberal Party.
Votes
See also
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Nottingham Central constituency
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1940 Nottingham Central by-election
The 1940 Nottingham Central by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Nottingham Central on 19 July 1940. The seat had become vacant when the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Sir Te ...
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Nottingham
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Lists of United Kingdom by-elections
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United Kingdom by-election records
References
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Nottingham Central by-election
Nottingham Central by-election
20th century in Nottingham
Elections in Nottingham
By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Nottinghamshire constituencies
Nottingham Central by-election
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