Harry Hayfield
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Post by Harry Hayfield on Nov 7, 2020 11:14:09 GMT
As part of my tally of elections from 1950 - 2019, I am bound to come across results that make tallying tricky and therefore would like some assistance. The first instance of this is the general election result from 1950 in Halifax where:
D Brook (Lab) 28,800 votes (47.7%)
CH Lucas (Con) 20,456 votes (33.9%)
A Pickles (Lib) 9,573 votes (15.9%)
RH Blackburn (National Liberal and Conservative) 1,551 votes (2.6%)
I am fully aware that in 1950 the National Liberal Party were in effect Conservatives so would like to know why there were, in effect, two Conservative candidates in this constituency and which party (Con, Lib, Ind Con) Mr. Blackburn's votes should be tallied under?
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Post by greenhert on Nov 7, 2020 11:25:06 GMT
According to the late, great F.W.S. Craig, the National Liberals and Conservatives could not agree on a candidate for Halifax hence Mr Blackburn's candidacy.
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Post by hullenedge on Nov 7, 2020 12:38:39 GMT
According to the late, great F.W.S. Craig, the National Liberals and Conservatives could not agree on a candidate for Halifax hence Mr Blackburn's candidacy. The Liberals and Tories would not nominate a joint candidate or give way for each other hence Blackburn's intervention. Both Pickles and Lucas had a high opinion of themselves. (Pickles was probably a bit more to the right than Lucas). The Liberals thought that they stood a good chance after their performance in 1945 (almost 2nd) but Gilbert Gledhill, incumbent Tory MP, had done himself no favours by voting against Churchill in 1942. Winnie was very forgiving because he visited Halifax during the 1945 campaign. |
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Harry Hayfield
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Post by Harry Hayfield on Nov 20, 2020 9:07:57 GMT
Fulham West 1951: Lab 20,290 (52%), Ind 17,707 (45%), Lib 1,247 (3%)
Fulham West 1950: Lab 20,141 (51%), Con 17,292 (44%), Lib 1,949 (5%)
Is this another case of the Conservatives and their allies being unable to agree on a candidate or was there a disagreement within the Conservatives themselves?
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Nov 20, 2020 9:28:14 GMT
This was W.J. Brown, previously an Independent MP (and somewhat left-leaning at the start), who offered to stand against Edith Summerskill but was unwilling to do so as a Conservative candidate.
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Post by finsobruce on Nov 20, 2020 9:51:29 GMT
This was W.J. Brown, previously an Independent MP (and somewhat left-leaning at the start), who offered to stand against Edith Summerskill but was unwilling to do so as a Conservative candidate. A man with an interesting political history to say the least of it.
Elected as a Labour MP for Wolverhampton SW in 1929, he lost it as an independent in 1931, joined and rapidly left Mosley's New Party, fought and won a war time by election at Rugby in 1942, held the seat in 1945 against Labour and Tory opposition and lost it to Labour in 1950. The preface to his 1943 book of political reminisences "So Far" was written by John Buchan. |
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Post by greenhert on Nov 20, 2020 10:09:30 GMT
This was W.J. Brown, previously an Independent MP (and somewhat left-leaning at the start), who offered to stand against Edith Summerskill but was unwilling to do so as a Conservative candidate. A man with an interesting political history to say the least of it.
Elected as a Labour MP for Wolverhampton SW in 1929, he lost it as an independent in 1931, joined and rapidly left Mosley's New Party, fought and won a war time by election at Rugby in 1942, held the seat in 1945 against Labour and Tory opposition and lost it to Labour in 1950. The preface to his 1943 book of political reminisences "So Far" was written by John Buchan. By which you mean Wolverhampton West. Wolverhampton South West was not created until 1950. |
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Post by finsobruce on Nov 20, 2020 10:12:42 GMT
A man with an interesting political history to say the least of it.
Elected as a Labour MP for Wolverhampton SW in 1929, he lost it as an independent in 1931, joined and rapidly left Mosley's New Party, fought and won a war time by election at Rugby in 1942, held the seat in 1945 against Labour and Tory opposition and lost it to Labour in 1950. The preface to his 1943 book of political reminisences "So Far" was written by John Buchan. By which you mean Wolverhampton West. Wolverhampton South West was not created until 1950. I do.  He beat (and then lost to)Sir Robert Bird, who had succeeded his father Sir Alfred when the latter had been run over by a car. The inquest heard that the car was being driven at eight to ten miles per hour and that "Sir Alfred was extraordinarily nervous in traffic". Evidence was given by J H Thorpe, Conservative MP for Manchester, Rusholme (1919-23) - and we all know who his son was. In the 1922 by election Bird beat Labour's Alexander Walkden, later MP for Bristol South (1935-45).
The Bird family were of custard fame.
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He beat (and then lost to)Sir Robert Bird, who had succeeded his father Sir Alfred when the latter had been run over by a car. The inquest heard that the car was being driven at eight to ten miles per hour and that "Sir Alfred was extraordinarily nervous in traffic". Evidence was given by J H Thorpe, Conservative MP for Manchester, Rusholme (1919-23) - and we all know who his son was.