Elections in The 30's
| Lowestoft By Election 1934: Lowestoft | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Pierse Loftus | 15,912 | |||
| Labour | Reginald Sorensen | 13,912 | |||
| Independent Liberal | W Smith | 3,304 | |||
| Majority | 1,920 | ||||
| Turnout | 48,900 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1931: Lowestoft | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Gervais Rentoul | 22,886 | |||
| Labour | Edward John Cecil Neep | 10,894 | |||
| Majority | 11,992 | ||||
| Turnout | 44,679 | 67.82% | |||
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