Nottingham East by-election, 1922

The Nottingham East by-election of 1922 was held on 29 June 1922. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Coalition Conservative MP, John David Rees. It was won by the Coalition Conservative candidate John Plowright Houfton.^[1]

Candidates

The local Liberal Association, who had not contested the previous general election, at first selected local journalist Cecil Roberts to contest the seat.^[2] However, he gave way for journalist Thomas George Graham. At the previous general election in 1918 Graham had contested Blaydon against a Liberal MP who had the support of the Coalition Government. Graham came third, polling only 5% of the vote.

Result

Nottingham East by-election, 1922

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	John Plowright Houfton	10,404	52.3	-13.4
	Labour	A.H. Jones	5,431	27.3	+7.9
	Liberal	Thomas George Graham	4,065	20.4	n/a
Majority			4,973	25.0	-21.3
Turnout				66.3	+16.8
	Unionist hold		Swing	-10.6

Aftermath

Graham did not contest Nottingham East at the general election 5 months later. He instead returned to the north east to contest Wallsend. He was no more fortunate, finishing third out of four, polling 10%. The Liberals were to win Nottingham East at the 1923 General Election. ^[3]

References

1. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
2. "News in Brief." Times [London, England] 15 June 1922: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 7 June 2016.
3. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig