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Sheffield Brightside by election, 1930

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Sheffield Brightside by-election, 1930

The Sheffield Brightside by-election of 1930 was held on 6 February 1930. The by-election was held due to the elevated to the peerage of the incumbent Labour MP, Arthur Ponsonby. It was won by the Labour candidate Fred Marshall.

Candidates

  • The Liberal Party ran W.A. Lambert, a Sheffield solicitor and City Councillor. He had been Liberal candidate here at the last general election
  • Fred Marshall (Labour Party), an Alderman and wagon builder.
  • J. T. Murphy (Communist Party)
  • F. Hamer Russell (Conservative Party), a builders merchant.

    • References

    Sheffield Brightside by-election, 1930 Wikipedia
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