Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1920
Encyclopedia
The Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1920 was a by-election
held on 31 January 1920 for the British House of Commons
constituency
of Ashton-under-Lyne
.
The by-election was triggered by the elevation to the peerage of the town's Conservative Party
Member of Parliament
(MP) Albert Stanley
, who was ennobled as Baron Ashfield.
The result was a victory for the Conservative candidate Sir Walter de Frece
, who held the seat with a massively reduced majority.
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
held on 31 January 1920 for the British House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
constituency
United Kingdom constituencies
In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...
of Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton-under-Lyne (UK Parliament constituency)
Ashton-under-Lyne is a constituency centred on the town of Ashton-under-Lyne that is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
.
The by-election was triggered by the elevation to the peerage of the town's Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) Albert Stanley
Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield
Albert Henry Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, PC, TD , born Albert Henry Knattriess, was a British-American who was managing director, then chairman of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London from 1910 to 1933 and chairman of the London Passenger Transport Board from 1933 to 1947.Although...
, who was ennobled as Baron Ashfield.
The result was a victory for the Conservative candidate Sir Walter de Frece
Walter de Frece
Sir Abraham Walter de Frece was a British theatre impresario, and later Conservative Party politician, who served as a Member of Parliament from 1920 to 1931...
, who held the seat with a massively reduced majority.
Votes
See also
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