Talk:List of United Kingdom by-elections (1931–1950)

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I thought George Brown Hillman (Wakefield) 1932 was Labour? I think the last time the Tories won it was 1924. RodCrosby

(Checks The Times guide.) No they took it in 1931 with a majority of 4107 - the Labour majority in 1929 was not spectacular and notionally weak once the Conservative and Liberal votes were pooled. Timrollpickering 23:45, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

In which case MPs elected in the UK general election, 1931 needs editing... RodCrosby

I've discovered from constructing the List of (PARTY) MPs articles that the parties listed in the MPs elected in the UK general election... articles have quite a few errors - if I find the time, it'd be good to give them a thorough run over. Warofdreams talk 23:07, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "East Fife by-election of 1933"

THe Eric Linklater article says: "He stood, unsuccessfully, in the East Fife by-election of 1933 as the National Party of Scotland candidate." There is no mention of such an election here. Is that information just plain wrong? --Mais oui! 10:29, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

No, the section on 1931 - 35 currently lists only by-elections where a seat changed hands. Chances are that the information is correct. Warofdreams talk 21:31, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh, yes, ta, I hadn't spotted that inconspicuous "Only seats which changed hands are listed" in among all those bright colours and footnotes! Talking of "bright colours": while I am here, why are the Liberals/Lib Dems shown as yellow on these pages, and the SNP as orange? It should be the other way around! Or, rather, I believe the correct Lib Dem colour is more of a gold. Either way, orange is totally incorrect for the SNP: yellow is their main colour, secondary is a lilac/purple called "heather", and thirdly they use a blue (Pantone 300) a lot too - colour of the saltire. --Mais oui! 00:12, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brecon and Radnorshire 1939

Ivor Guest's party affiliation is a total mess - as there isn't an article on him I think Talk:Brecon and Radnorshire (UK Parliament constituency)#Ivor Guest party affiliation is the best place for this. Timrollpickering 21:25, 7 March 2007 (UTC)