Manchester Rusholme by-election, 1933

The Manchester Rusholme by-election of 1933 was held on 21 November 1933. The by-election was held due to the appointment to high court of the incumbent Conservative MP, Frank Merriman. It was won by the Conservative candidate Edmund Radford.^[1]

Candidates

The executive of the local Liberal association voted by a majority, not to put forward a candidate for the by-election. However, Dr Percy McDougall was nominated and ran as an unofficial Liberal candidate.^[2]

Result

Manchester Rusholme by-election, 1933
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edmund Ashworth Radford	13,904	50.8
	Labour Co-op	George Saville Woods	11,005	40.1
	Independent Liberal	Percy McDougall	2,503	9.1
Majority			2,899	10.7
Turnout				60.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aftermath

McDougall stood again at the 1935 General Election as an Independent candidate.^[3]

References

↑ http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
↑ The Times House of Commons, 1935
↑ The Times House of Commons, 1935

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1933	January Liverpool Exchange February: East Fife Rotherham March: Ashford Rhondda East May: Normanton June: Hitchin Altrincham September: Clay Cross October: Fulham East November: Kilmarnock Skipton Manchester Rusholme Rutland and Stamford Harborough December: Wentworth

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