1934 Twickenham by-election

1934 Twickenham by-election

22 June 1934
Constituency of Twickenham
Registered	81,529
Turnout	55.5% ( 3.6%)
First party Second party   Lab Candidate Alfred Critchley Percy Holman Party Conservative Labour Popular vote 23,395 19,890 Percentage 56.1% 43.9% Swing 0.1% 0.1%
A map of parliamentary constituencies within the county of Middlesex at the time of the by-election, with Twickenham highlighted in red.
MP before election Hylton Murray-Philipson Conservative Elected MP Alfred Critchley Conservative

The 1934 Twickenham by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 22 June 1934 for the British House of Commons constituency of Twickenham in Middlesex.

The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Hylton Murray-Philipson, died on 24 May 1934, aged 31. He had held the seat since a by-election in 1932.

The result was a victory for the Conservative candidate Alfred Critchley, who had stood for the Empire Free Trade Crusade and the United Empire Party in the 1931 Islington East by-election and as a Conservative at the 1929 general election.

Results

1934 Twickenham by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Critchley	23,395	56.1	-0.1
	Labour Co-op	Percy Holman	19,890	43.9	+0.1
Majority			5,505	12.2	-0.2
Turnout			43,285	55.5	+3.6
Registered electors			81,529
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.1

See also

• Twickenham constituency
• Twickenham
• 1929 Twickenham by-election
• 1932 Twickenham by-election
• 1955 Twickenham by-election
• Lists of United Kingdom by-elections

References

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages