1928 Faversham by-election
The Faversham by-election, 1928 was a parliamentary by-election held in January 1928 for the British House of Commons constituency of Faversham, in Kent.
Previous MP[]
The Conservative MP, Sir Granville Wheler died. He had been the MP since re-gaining the seat from the Liberals in January 1910.
Previous Result[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Granville Wheler | 14,432 | 46.9 | ||
Labour | Stanley J W Morgan | 9,180 | 29.9 | ||
Liberal | A J Soloman | 7,132 | 23.2 | ||
Majority | 5,252 | 17.0 | |||
Turnout | 30,744 | 73.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Candidates[]
Forty-three-year-old Adam Maitland was selected by the local Conservatives to defend the seat. Labour changed their candidate when they chose 44-year-old Dudley Leigh Aman. He had contested Petersfield in 1922, 1923 and Thanet in 1924. The Liberals selected 54-year-old John Freeman Dunn who had been Liberal MP for Hemel Hempstead from 1923-24. E.A. Hailwood, who had contested Southend and Northampton as an Independent Conservative, was standing in his third by-election. His appearance at this by-election resulted in some Conservative party members 'offering violence'.
Result[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Adam Maitland | 12,997 | 41.7 | -5.2 | |
Labour | Dudley Aman | 11,313 | 36.2 | +6.3 | |
Liberal | John Freeman Dunn | 5,813 | 18.6 | -4.6 | |
Ind U | E.A. Hailwood | 1,090 | 3.5 | New | |
Majority | 1,684 | 5.5 | -11.5 | ||
Turnout | 31,213 | 72.4 | -1.5 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Aftermath[]
Maitland held the seat at the 1929 general election, again defeating Aman. At those elections, Dunn unsuccessfully fought Chichester.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Adam Maitland | 16,219 | 41.3 | -0.4 | |
Labour | Dudley Aman | 15,275 | 38.9 | +2.7 | |
Liberal | Maurice Alfred Gerothwohl | 7,782 | 19.8 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 944 | 2.4 | -3.1 | ||
Turnout | 39,276 | 75.5 | +3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References[]
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1979)
- 1928 elections in the United Kingdom
- 1928 in England
- By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Kent constituencies
- Politics of Swale
- 1920s in Kent