Frank Briant, the Liberal MP for Lambeth North, died in 1934. In addition to Labour, National Labour and Liberal candidates, Alice S G Brown stood in the by-election as an independent (some newspapers described her as an “independent imperialist”). Brown was a “director of 11 companies in the electrical industry”.
She said in her election address, “My three points will be my God, my king and my country. I want to see Britain as a self-supporting country. I also stand for an efficient air force and am in favour of a really
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