The 1933 Normanton by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the

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of Normanton on 8 May 1933. The seat had become vacant on the death of the

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Member of Parliament

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, who had held the seat since a previous by-election in 1905. Following Labour's declaration of former Pontefract MP Tom Smith as their candidate, the

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declared unemployed

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engineer John William Malkin as their competing candidate. However, as the Communist Party was at the time opposed to the requirement of a £150 deposit, their candidate was declared to be invalid and Labour's candidate was returned unopposed.''Yorkshire Post'' and ''Leeds Intelligencer'', Tuesday 9 May 1933, "NO CONTEST Socialist Returned for Normanton". Smith represented the constituency until he resigned his seat in 1947, triggering another by-election.

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