1928 Halifax by-election

[1] The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Member of Parliament (MP), John Henry Whitley, the Speaker of the House of Commons since 1921, had resigned his seat[2] due to ill-health.

[citation needed] The result of the three-way contest was a victory for the Labour candidate, Arthur Longbottom, who won with a majority of 4,951 over the Liberal Harry Barnes,[1] who had previously been MP for Newcastle upon Tyne East.

[4] Longbottom had previously been a councillor in Halifax and served as its mayor in 1923.

[5] At the following year's general election Longbottom held the seat with an increased majority of 7,063 votes.

That contest also saw a new Conservative candidate, Gilbert Gledhill overtake the Liberals and move into second place.