1929 Battersea South by-election

Viscount Curzon Unionist William Bennett Labour The 1929 Battersea South by-election was held on 7 February 1929.

The by-election was held when the incumbent Conservative MP, Francis Curzon, succeeded to the peerage as Earl Howe.

[1][2] The local Liberal association selected 40 year-old Vivian Claude Albu as their candidate.

The Conservative Party selected Harry Selley, a builder and member of the London County Council for Battersea South.

[4] A few months later at the next general election Bennett again defeated Selley, this time by 418 votes in a much increased poll.