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elections. The Labour party was traditionally very weak in the constituency, and had never fielded a candidate. After 1935, there was increasing disenchantment within Eddisbury Liberal Association over its support for Russell and his support for an increasingly Conservative dominated National Government. Matters came to a head in 1939 as the parties prepared for a General Election. Those Eddisbury Liberals who opposed the National Government, broke away and formed a new Liberal Association, that was recognised by and affiliated to the official Liberal party, led by
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Peacock received a joint letter of endorsement from all the leaders of the parties in the coalition, including Sir Archibald Sinclair, much to the irritation of Heathcote Williams. The Peacock campaign used the slogan "Hitler is watching Eddisbury" in the hope that it would stir feelings of Patriotic
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in 1931, that situation changed when the Liberal MP, Richard Russell broke from the official party to join the Liberal National group. Since then, the local Conservatives were happy to support Russell as if he were one of their own and he was returned unopposed in both the 1931 and 1935 general
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was appointed as Loverseed's agent. Loverseed's campaign downplayed his party's commitment to common ownership, and emphasised its liberal policies. Loverseed proved to be a strong campaigner who 'captured the imagination of the working classes and the young people and made a real stir.'
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Loverseed left the Common Wealth Party in November 1944, becoming an independent, and then joining the Labour Party in May 1945. Standing now as a Labour candidate, he found himself opposed by a genuine Liberal National and was defeated. The result at the following General election;
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Polling day was set for 7 April 1943. When nominations closed, it was to reveal a three horse race, between a Conservative who called himself a 'Liberal National', a Liberal who wanted to call himself 'the Liberal' but couldn't and the son of a Liberal.
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The local Liberal Nationals who had the right to choose the government candidate selected local farmer, Thomas Peacock, a known Conservative. He had been Chairman of Chester Farmers Ltd since 1924. He had been a Member of Council of the
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Outraged by the Liberal Nationals fielding a known Conservative, a number of the Eddisbury Liberals got together and selected 47-year-old Chester man, Harold Heathcote-Williams as their candidate. He was a Barrister, having been
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Farm wages were a major issue of the campaign, reflecting the agricultural nature of the constituency. Though this did not seem to work in the favour of Peacock, despite his farming background.
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since 1931. He was a member of Cheshire County War Agricultural Committee and he became a member of the Red Cross Agricultural Fund Committee in 1940. In 1942 he had been appointed a CBE.
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in 1942 expressly to fight by-elections in opposition to the all-party electoral truce. He saw Eddisbury as a good opportunity to defeat the government candidate and enlisted
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From 1885 when the seat was created to 1931, Eddisbury had been a battleground constituency between the Liberals and the Conservatives. Since the formation of the
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Common Wealth party leader Richard Acland put much of his own money into funding Loverseed's campaign, which also had the financial backing of Alan Good, head of
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in 1924 and 1929 coming second both times. At the last General Election, he had fought the neighbouring Cheshire seat of
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to be his own party's candidate. Loverseed was a 33-year-old fighter pilot with the RAF who had fought in the
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on 5 February 1943. He had been MP here since gaining the seat from the Conservatives in 1929.
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Loverseed won, being the first Common Wealth Party candidate to win an election.
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since 1934 and was President from 1939 to 1941. He had been a member of
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The by-election was caused by the death of the sitting
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Carter 305: 293: 274: 252: 250: 233: 229: 218: 214: 192: 176: 136: 124: 115: 106: 96:Third party 90:First party 50:7 April 1943 49: 18: 2157:September: 2000:King's Lynn 1773:September: 1742:West Dorset 1688:Petersfield 1656:Northampton 1650:Southampton 1622:September: 1576:Bournemouth 1551:Spen Valley 1514:Argyllshire 1462:Southampton 1208:Fulham West 1150:September: 643:John Barlow 257:by-election 189:Percentage 2324:Categories 2197:Chelmsford 2187:Motherwell 2147:Clay Cross 2113:February: 2080:December: 2074:November: 2059:Chippenham 2021:Buckingham 1978:February: 1920:Spennymoor 1893:Chichester 1823:February: 1801:December: 1790:November: 1780:The Wrekin 1763:Pontefract 1709:Carmarthen 1676:February: 1654:December: 1638:November: 1487:Silvertown 1460:February: 1433:December: 1427:November: 1366:Caerphilly 1360:Kennington 1307:Holderness 1305:February: 1282:December: 1263:Bridgwater 1251:November: 1187:Pontypridd 1185:February: 1162:November: 1105:Cheltenham 1095:Buckingham 1029:February: 1004:Clay Cross 1002:November: 951:February: 786:References 616:Candidate 433:Candidate 326:Candidates 133:Candidate 2294:1979–2010 2289:1950–1979 2284:1931–1950 2279:1918–1931 2274:1900–1918 2269:1885–1900 2264:1868–1885 2259:1857–1868 2254:1847–1857 2249:1832–1847 2244:1818–1832 2239:1806–1818 2234:1801–1806 2163:October: 2107:January: 2065:St Albans 2063:October: 2026:Eddisbury 1967:January: 1945:October: 1915:Salisbury 1862:Tavistock 1797:Hampstead 1786:Lancaster 1784:October: 1725:Mansfield 1678:Doncaster 1645:Aldershot 1498:Kettering 1440:Stretford 1435:Streatham 1408:High Peak 1401:October: 1299:January: 1268:Doncaster 1245:October: 1219:Aylesbury 1214:Lichfield 1181:Farnworth 1179:January: 1156:October: 1057:Tonbridge 996:October: 945:January: 846:Who's Who 814:25 August 709:Majority 596:Aftermath 532:Majority 357:Knutsford 265:Eddisbury 69:Eddisbury 2115:Brighton 2057:August: 2031:Daventry 1969:Hamilton 1926:Rothwell 1924:August: 1877:Wallasey 1856:Grantham 1836:Nuneaton 1830:Keighley 1792:Brighton 1767:August: 1748:Greenock 1606:August: 1602:Wansbeck 1597:Rochdale 1535:Brighton 1519:Lonsdale 1418:Ormskirk 1395:August: 1386:Monmouth 1253:Dartford 1235:Barnsley 1230:Stafford 1164:Hastings 1141:Chertsey 1014:Greenock 964:Llanelli 808:Archived 769:See also 390:Campaign 312:Frodsham 259:for the 2218:Newport 2185:April: 2165:Chelsea 2159:Bilston 2145:April: 2139:March: 2109:Skipton 2082:Consett 2019:April: 2015:Watford 1985:Ashford 1909:Windsor 1860:April: 1834:March: 1736:Hornsey 1713:April: 1699:Hitchin 1697:March: 1634:Preston 1613:Mitcham 1512:April: 1496:March: 1403:Fareham 1327:April: 1316:March: 1258:Walsall 1201:April: 1192:Ipswich 1130:St Ives 1120:Bewdley 1066:April: 1062:Farnham 1050:March: 1009:Preston 970:Peckham 957:March: 926:» 920:to the 908:« 730:26,494 726:Turnout 691:Liberal 649:15,294 553:18,363 549:Turnout 271:Vacancy 101:  87:  75:Turnout 2151:July: 2087:Darwen 2051:July: 2042:Newark 2035:June: 1990:Antrim 1913:July: 1904:Maldon 1897:June: 1888:Putney 1803:Harrow 1758:Dudley 1746:July: 1740:June: 1704:Bodmin 1624:Bolton 1580:July: 1549:June: 1364:July: 1247:Oxford 1239:July: 1223:June: 1134:July: 1125:Ilford 1088:June: 980:July: 974:June: 932:» 914:« 760:+16.2 736:+19.1 712:7,902 698:3,808 683:βˆ’15.8 677:7,392 668:Labour 659:+16.7 619:Votes 613:Party 519:2,803 494:7,537 466:8,023 436:Votes 430:Party 417:Result 200:15.3% 197:41.0% 184:2,803 181:7,537 153:Party 2213:Neath 2206:May: 2092:Acton 1886:May: 1882:Rugby 1851:Wigan 1729:May: 1533:May: 1445:Wells 1381:Hythe 1333:May: 1312:Ripon 1278:Fylde 1212:May: 1082:May: 982:Derby 976:Lewes 968:May: 756:Swing 749:from 733:75.2 715:29.8 704:βˆ’0.9 701:14.4 680:27.9 654:57.7 581:Swing 574:from 556:56.1 522:15.3 497:41.0 471:43.7 193:43.7% 177:8,023 78:56.1% 2179:1945 2101:1944 1961:1943 1952:Ince 1817:1942 1670:1941 1454:1940 1335:Down 1293:1939 1173:1938 1084:York 1023:1937 939:1936 816:2018 747:gain 572:gain 538:2.7 535:486 251:The 55:1945 45:1935 719:N/A 586:N/A 560:N/A 542:N/A 526:New 501:N/A 477:New 116:LNP 2326:: 852:^ 838:^ 824:^ 806:. 802:. 626:Β±% 622:% 443:Β±% 439:% 347:, 282:, 280:MP 125:IL 107:CW 900:e 893:t 886:v 818:.

Index

1935
1945
Eddisbury
John Loverseed
Harold Heathcote-Williams
Common Wealth
National Liberal
Independent Liberal
R. J. Russell
National Liberal
John Loverseed
Common Wealth
by-election
British House of Commons
Eddisbury
Liberal National
MP
Richard John Russell
National Government
Sir Archibald Sinclair
T. B. Carter
Frodsham
Cheshire Volunteer Regiment
Carter and Sons Ltd.
National Farmers' Union
Cheshire County Council
Called to the Bar
Inner Temple
South Poplar
Knutsford

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