Thomas Broad

Thomas Tucker Broad (1863 – 26 January 1935)[1] was a Liberal Party politician in England.

He was elected at the 1918 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Clay Cross in Derbyshire. Having been selected as the Liberal Party candidate, he received the "coalition coupon" and there was no Unionist Party candidate opposing him. He won the seat with a majority of 8% of the votes over his Labour Party opponent. However, for the 1922 election, when he stood as a National Liberal, the local Liberal association has not only decided to run an anti-coalition candidate against him but had attracted former Liberal cabinet minister, Charles Masterman as their candidate. Masterman polled nearly twice as many votes as Broad. With the Liberal vote split, the Labour candidate was able to take the seat.[2]

General Election 1922: Clay Cross[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Charles Duncan 13,206 58
Liberal Rt Hon. Charles Frederick Gurney Masterman 6,294 n/a
National Liberal Thomas Tucker Broad 3,294 n/a
Majority 6,912
Turnout
Labour gain from Liberal Swing n/a

At the 1923 general election, with the two factions of the Liberal Party reunited, Broad stood in the Leyton East, but came third with only 28% of the votes. He did not stand for Parliament again.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  2. 1 2 Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 162, 320. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  3. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1927

External links

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency Member of Parliament for Clay Cross
1918 – 1922 		Succeeded by
Charles Duncan


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