title: 1934 Rushcliffe by-election
text: # 1934 Rushcliffe by-election
  
  The 1934 Rushcliffe by-election was held on 26 July 1934. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Henry Betterton. It was won by the Conservative candidate Ralph Assheton.
  
  ## Candidates
  
  The Liberal Party selected Arthur Thomas Marwood, who had been their candidate in the 1929 general election. He was a commercial traveller in the grocery trade. He lived locally, in Carlton. He had run a Baptist church.
  
  ## Result
  
  Rushcliffe by-election, 1934 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Ralph Assheton | 19,374 | 48.8 |
  | | Labour | HJ Cadogan | 15,081 | 38.0 |
  | | Liberal | Arthur Thomas Marwood | 5,251 | 13.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,293 | 10.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,706 | 56.5 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ## Aftermath
  
  Marwood contested Derbyshire North East at the 1935 general election.
  
  