1927 Southend by-election

The Conservative MP, Rupert Guinness, Viscount Elveden succeeded his father as Earl of Iveagh and took a seat in the House of Lords, vacating his seat in the House of Commons.

He had represented the seat and its predecessor since 1912 and the area had not returned any other party since the Liberals won in 1906.

The Conservatives chose the former MP's wife, 46-year-old Gwendolen Guinness, now titled the Countess of Iveagh to defend the seat.

A fourth candidate entered the contest in the figure of a 52-year-old Manchester baker, E.A.

He put himself forward as a candidate protesting against Baldwin's lack of leadership as Prime Minister.

Southend in Essex, showing boundaries used from 1918 to 1950.