Eastbourne by-election, 1925
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The Eastbourne by-election, 1925 was a parliamentary by-election
held in England
on 17 June 1925 for the House of Commons constituency
of Eastbourne
in East Sussex
.
on 25 May of the town's Conservative Party
Member of Parliament
(MP) Sir George Lloyd, who was elevated to the peerage as Baron Lloyd
and appointed as British High Commissioner
in Egypt and the Sudan
. He had held the seat since the 1924 general election
, having previously been MP for West Staffordshire
from 1910 to 1918.
The Conservative candidate was Admiral Sir William Reginald Hall
, who had been the Director of Naval Intelligence (DNI) from 1914 to 1919 and the MP for Liverpool West Derby from 1919 to 1923.
The Liberal Party
candidate was Harcourt Johnstone
, who had been MP for Willesden East
from 1923 to 1924. The Labour Party
nominated T. S. B. Williams
, who had been MP for Kennington
from 1923 to 1924.
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
held in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
on 17 June 1925 for the House of Commons 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 Eastbourne
Eastbourne (UK Parliament constituency)
Eastbourne is a parliamentary constituency 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. Traditionally a safe Conservative seat, Eastbourne became very marginal following the 1990...
in East Sussex
East Sussex
East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:...
.
Vacanacy
The by-election was caused by the resignationResignation from the British House of Commons
Members of Parliament sitting in the House of Commons in the United Kingdom are technically forbidden to resign. To circumvent this prohibition, a legal fiction is used...
on 25 May 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) Sir George Lloyd, who was elevated to the peerage as Baron Lloyd
Baron Lloyd
Baron Lloyd, of Dolobran in the County of Montgomery, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1925 for the Conservative politician Sir George Lloyd. He was succeeded by his only son, the second Baron. He was also a Conservative politician...
and appointed as British High Commissioner
High Commissioner
High Commissioner is the title of various high-ranking, special executive positions held by a commission of appointment.The English term is also used to render various equivalent titles in other languages.-Bilateral diplomacy:...
in Egypt and the Sudan
Sudan
Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
. He had held the seat since the 1924 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1924
- Seats summary :- References :* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* - External links :* * *...
, having previously been MP for West Staffordshire
West Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
West Staffordshire was a parliamentary constituency in Staffordshire which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1885, and then one member.-History:...
from 1910 to 1918.
Candidates
Three candidates were nominated, all of whom were former MPs seeking a new seat.The Conservative candidate was Admiral Sir William Reginald Hall
William Reginald Hall
Admiral Sir William Reginald Hall, KCMG, CB, RN was the British Director of Naval Intelligence from 1914 to 1919...
, who had been the Director of Naval Intelligence (DNI) from 1914 to 1919 and the MP for Liverpool West Derby from 1919 to 1923.
The Liberal Party
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
candidate was Harcourt Johnstone
Harcourt Johnstone
Harcourt 'Crinks' Johnstone was a British Liberal Party politician.-Early Life & Education:Johnstone was born in London in 1895, the son of the Hon. Sir Alan Johnstone, a British diplomat, and his American wife Antoinette Pinchot. His nickname 'Crinks' is alleged to have derived from the wrinkled...
, who had been MP for Willesden East
Willesden East (UK Parliament constituency)
Willesden East was a borough constituency in the Municipal Borough of Willesden, in North-West London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
from 1923 to 1924. The Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
nominated T. S. B. Williams
Thomas Samuel Beauchamp Williams
Lieut-Colonel Thomas Samuel Beauchamp Williams was a British physician of the Indian Medical Service, and a Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the Kennington division of Lambeth from 1923 to 1924....
, who had been MP for Kennington
Kennington (UK Parliament constituency)
Kennington was a borough constituency centred on the Kennington district of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
from 1923 to 1924.
Result
The result was a victory for Hall, who held the seat with nearly 60% of the votes, a smaller majority than in 1924.Votes
See also
- List of United Kingdom by-elections
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