James Blindell
Sir James Blindell (1884 – 10 May 1937)[1] was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom,[2] who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Holland with Boston from 1929 until his death.
He was first elected as the constituency's MP at a by-election in March 1929, caused by the death of the Conservative MP Arthur Dean.[3] At the time he was managing director of a boot manufacturing business. Blindell overturned a Conservative majority of nearly 5,000 to win with a majority of 3,706.[2] His victory was the last Liberal by-election gain until Torrington in 1958.
Blindell was re-elected as a Liberal at the 1929 general election,[2] but in 1931 he was one of the Liberal MPs who broke with their party to support Ramsay MacDonald's National Government, eventually forming the National Liberal Party.
He was re-elected as a National Liberal at the 1931 general election and at the 1935 general election. In both elections, the Conservatives (who also supported the National Government) did not field a candidate against him, and he was returned with large majorities.
Blindell was knighted in 1936,[1] and died in office in 1937.[1] At the consequent Holland with Boston by-election, 1937, Herbert Butcher held the seat[4] for the National Liberals.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)
- ^ a b c d Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 414. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ "No. 33480". The London Gazette. 26 March 1929. p. 2084.
- ^ "No. 34413". The London Gazette. 29 June 1937. p. 4174.
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