Card: Requesting the receiver to vote for Richard Owen Roberts

CARD: Requesting the receiver to vote for Richard Owen Roberts at the coming Parliamentary Election.

Dorse: DRAWING entitled Free Trade depicting a family in poverty.

The 1923 Anglesey by-election was caused by the death of the sitting Labour MP, Sir Owen Thomas on 17 January 1923. He had been MP here since winning the seat in 1918. Anglesey had been won by either the Liberal Party or the Whigs at every election since 1784, until Thomas surprisingly gained it for Labour. He held onto it at the 1922 general election, standing as an Independent. The Labour party selected Edward John to defend the seat. He had been Liberal MP for East Denbighshire from December 1910-18. John, a pacifist, had left the Liberals to stand unsuccessfully as a Labour candidate in 1918. He was a prominent Welsh Nationalist. The Liberal candidate was again Sir Robert Thomas, the former Wrexham MP and a ship and insurance broker. Thomas had been allied to Lloyd George and had stood as a National Liberal last time. Even though the Liberals nationally had been divided between followers of Asquith and Lloyd George, the local Liberals managed to unite behind Thomas. Even though the Coalition Government between the National Liberals and the Unionists had ended, the local Unionists chose not to contest the seat in 1922. However, for the by-election, they decided to intervene and field their own candidate, Richard Owen Roberts. Roberts had stood for the Unionists at Anglesey in 1910. He was a Barrister and sat on the London County Council for Lewisham East.

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Compiled by Amanda Sweet Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923_Anglesey_by-election

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