The 1920 Ashton-under-Lyne 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 31 January 1920 for the

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Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. The population was 45,198 at the 2011 census. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the north bank of the River Tame, in the foothills of the Pennines, east of Manche ...

. The by-election was triggered by the elevation to the peerage of the town's

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(MP)

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, who was ennobled as

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. The result was a victory for the Conservative candidate Sir

Walter de Frece Sir Abraham Walter de Frece (7 October 1870 – 7 January 1935) was a British theatre impresario, and later Conservative Party politician, who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1920 to 1931. His wife was the celebrated male impersonator ...

, who held the seat with a massively reduced majority. British Pathe has a newsreel clip of Sir Walter Frece campaigning in the by-election with his wife

Vesta Tilley Matilda Alice Powles, Lady de Frece (13May 186416September 1952) was an English music hall performer. She adopted the stage name Vesta Tilley and became one of the best-known male impersonators of her era. Her career lasted from 1869 until 192 ...

. http://www.britishpathe.com/video/miss-vesta-tilley/query/election

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