1920 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election

1920 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election

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Candidate de Frece Robinson Marshall Party Unionist Labour Liberal Popular vote 8,864 8,127 3,511 Percentage 43.3% 39.6% 17.1%

MP before election Stanley Unionist Subsequent MP de Frece Unionist

The 1920 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election was a by-election held on 31 January 1920 for the British House of Commons constituency of Ashton-under-Lyne.

The by-election was triggered by the elevation to the peerage of the town's Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) Albert Stanley, who was ennobled as Baron Ashfield.

The result was a victory for the Conservative candidate Sir Walter de Frece, who held the seat with a massively reduced majority.

British Pathe has a newsreel clip of Sir Walter de Frece campaigning in the by-election with his wife Vesta Tilley.^[1]