1931 Islington East by-election

1931 Islington East by-election

19 February 1931

Constituency of Islington East
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Leah Manning Alfred Critchley
Party Labour Empire Crusade
Popular vote 10,591 8,314
Percentage 34.7% 27.2%
Swing 3.3% New

  Third party Fourth party
 
Lib
Candidate Thelma Cazalet Horace Crawfurd
Party Conservative Liberal
Popular vote 7,182 4,450
Percentage 23.5% 14.6%
Swing 10.6% 13.3%

A map of parliamentary constituencies within the County of London at the time of the by-election, with Islington East highlighted in red.

MP before election

Ethel Bentham
Labour

Elected MP

Leah Manning
Labour

The 1931 Islington East by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 19 February 1931 for the House of Commons constituency of Islington East in Islington, North London.

The seat had become vacant when the Labour Member of Parliament, Dr Ethel Bentham, died on 19 January 1931, aged 70. She had held the seat since the 1929 general election.