The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Henry Betterton.
It was won by the Conservative candidate Ralph Assheton.
[1] The Liberal Party selected Arthur Thomas Marwood, who had been their candidate in the 1929 general election.
[2] Marwood contested Derbyshire North East at the 1935 general election.
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