East Ham North by-election, 1926
Encyclopedia
The East Ham North
by-election
of 29 April 1926 was held after the death of the Conservative politician
and Member of Parliament
(MP) Charles Williamson Crook
. Labour took the seat in the by-election. with a majority of 1,627
East Ham North (UK Parliament constituency)
East Ham North was a parliamentary constituency centred on the East Ham district of London, which was in Essex until 1965. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.- History :The...
by-election
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
of 29 April 1926 was held after the death of the Conservative politician
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...
and 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) Charles Williamson Crook
Charles Williamson Crook
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. Labour took the seat in the by-election. with a majority of 1,627
Candidates
- George William Symonds Jarret was the Conservative candidate and a director of a printing and publishing company.
- Susan LawrenceSusan LawrenceArabella Susan Lawrence was a British Labour Party politician, one of the first female Labour MPs.Lawrence was the youngest daughter of Nathaniel Lawrence, a wealthy solicitor, and Laura Bacon, daughter of Sir James Bacon, a bankruptcy judge and Vice-Chancellor. She was educated in London and at...
was the Labour candidate and had previous held the seat. - Leslie BurginLeslie BurginEdward Leslie Burgin was a British Liberal and later Liberal National politician in the 1930s.Burgin trained as a solicitor specialising in international law and served as principal and director of legal studies to the Law Society...
was the Liberal Party candidate and a solicitor specialising in international law.