The 1920 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election was a by-election held on 31 January 1920 for the British House of Commons constituency of Ashton-under-Lyne.
The by-election was triggered by the elevation to the peerage of the town's Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) Albert Stanley, who was ennobled as Baron Ashfield.
The result was a victory for the Conservative candidate Sir Walter de Frece, who held the seat with a massively reduced majority.
British Pathe has a newsreel clip of Sir Walter de Frece campaigning in the by-election with his wife Vesta Tilley.
Result
References
See also Ashton-under-Lyne constituency 1928 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election 1931 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election 1939 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election 1945 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election List of United Kingdom by-elections (1918–1931)