The 1931

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by-election was held on 21 May 1931. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Sir Frank Nelson. It was won by the Conservative candidate

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Candidates

The Liberal Party ran 56 year-old Arthur William Stanton of Field Place, Stroud. Stanton was a solicitor. He had been their candidate at both the 1924 and 1929 general elections. Previously he had contested

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for the Liberal Party at both the 1922 and 1923 general elections.

Result

Aftermath

Following the formation of the National Government, the Liberals chose not to run a candidate at the 1931 general election. Stanton did run again, at the 1935 general election in

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, again without success. In 1937 he was appointed

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