Horace Crawfurd
Horace Evelyn Crawfurd (13 January 1881 – 14 March 1958) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Professional career
Crawfurd was a lecturer at
Liverpool University. In 1930, Elinor Glyn Ltd employed Crawfurd to undertake the publicity campaign for two movies: Knowing Men (1930), which experimented with a new colour process, and The Price of Things (1931). Crawfurd also worked with the author Elinor Glyn on her own personal publicity.[1]
Political career
In 1913, Crawfurd was selected as the Liberal candidate for
Joseph Kenworthy and Frank Briant to provide opposition to the government.[3] However, McEntee regained the seat at the 1929 general election. He stood again at the Islington East by-election in February 1931, where he finished in fourth place. He stood for election for the last time at the 1935 general election, when he finished last out of the three candidates in Leicester West. He did not stand for Parliament again.[4]
Electoral record
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Valentine McEntee | 8,758 | 43.3 | +14.0 | |
National Democratic | Charles Jesson | 6,253 | 30.9 | ||
Liberal | Horace Crawfurd | 5,228 | 25.8 | ||
Majority | 2,505 | 12.4 | |||
Turnout | 63.8 | +16.8 | |||
Labour gain from National Democratic | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Valentine McEntee | 10,026 | 47.6 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | Horace Crawfurd | 8,234 | 39.0 | +13.2 | |
Unionist
|
Jabeez Lyne | 2,832 | 13.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,792 | 8.6 | -3.8 | ||
Turnout | 65.5 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Horace Crawfurd | 12,991 | 50.9 | ||
Labour | Valentine McEntee | 12,521 | 49.1 | ||
Majority | 470 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 75.5 | ||||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Valentine McEntee | 16,050 | 54.0 | -4.9 | |
Liberal | Horace Crawfurd | 9,470 | 31.9 | -19.0 | |
Unionist
|
Frederick C Bramston | 4,184 | 14.1 | n/a | |
Majority | 6,580 | 22.1 | +14.1 | ||
Turnout | 73.3 | -2.2 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leah Manning | 10,591 | 34.7 | −3.3 | |
Empire Crusade | Alfred Critchley | 8,314 | 27.2 | n/a | |
Conservative | Thelma Cazalet | 7,182 | 23.5 | −10.6 | |
Liberal | Horace Crawfurd | 4,450 | 14.6 | −13.3 | |
Majority | 2,277 | 7.5 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 50.0 | −16.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Labour
|
Harold Nicolson | 15,821 | 43.73 | ||
Labour | John Morgan | 15,734 | 43.49 | ||
Liberal | Horace Crawfurd | 4,621 | 12.77 | ||
Majority | 87 | 0.24 | |||
Turnout | 66.83 | ||||
National Labour gain from Liberal
|
Swing |
References
- ^ University of Reading Archive: Elinor Glyn papers
- ^ Southport Liberal Association - The First 100 Years by Michael Braham
- ^ Forty Years in and out of Parliament by Sir Percy Harris
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1973, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig