Norwood by-election, 1935
The Norwood by-election of 1935 was a by-election held in the United Kingdom on 14 March 1935 to elect a new Member of Parliament (MP) for the House of Commons constituency of Norwood, a division of Lambeth, in London.
The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Walter Greaves-Lord to serve as a High Court judge.
An Independent Conservative candidate was fielded at the by-election by Randolph Churchill, who sponsored Richard Findlay, a member of the British Union of Fascists to stand. This got no support from the press or from any Members of Parliament, despite Randolph being the son of Winston Churchill.[1] and it was won by the official Conservative candidate Duncan Sandys. Ironically, in September that year, Duncan Sandys became son-in-law of Winston and brother-in-law of Randolph by marrying Diana, the former's daughter.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Duncan Sandys | 16,147 | 51.1 | ||
Labour | Mrs B A Gould | 12,799 | 40.4 | ||
Independent Conservative | Richard Findlay | 2,698 | 8.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,348 | 10.7 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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