# Hilton Young

Conservative Party. Born March 20, 1879. Died July 11, 1960. [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9292296)

Won 6 of 7 races between 1915 and 1931.

## Served in

| Name | Years | Party |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [House of Commons](https://electionsarchive.com/chambers/gb/house-of-commons.md) (Norwich, 1915–1929; Sevenoaks, 1929–1935, resigned) | 1915–1935 | Liberal Party (1915–1922), National Liberal Party (1922–1924), Liberal Party (1924–1929), Conservative (1929–1935) |

## Party history

Ran or served under 3 parties between 1915 and 1960.

| Party | Role | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Liberal Party | Sat for the party | 1915–1922 |
| Liberal Party | Sat for the party | 1924–1929 |
| Liberal Party | Ran on party ballot line | 1915–1924 |
| National Liberal Party | Party member | 1922–1923 |
| National Liberal Party | Sat for the party | 1922–1923 |
| National Liberal Party | Ran on party ballot line | 1922 |
| Conservative Party | Party member | From 1926 |
| Conservative Party | Sat for the party | 1929–1935 |
| Conservative Party | Ran on party ballot line | 1929–1931 |

## Election record

| Year | Contest | Party | Share | Majority (votes) | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1931 | [1931 general election in Sevenoaks](https://electionsarchive.com/gb/1931-10-27-general/sevenoaks.md) | Conservative Party |  |  | Elected unopposed |
| 1929 | [1929 general election in Sevenoaks](https://electionsarchive.com/gb/1929-05-30-general/sevenoaks.md) | Conservative Party | 53.7% | 8,923 | Elected |
| 1924 | [1924 general election in Norwich](https://electionsarchive.com/gb/1924-10-29-general/norwich.md) | Liberal Party | 27.7% | 4,721 | Elected |
| 1923 | [1923 general election in Norwich](https://electionsarchive.com/gb/1923-12-06-general/norwich.md) | Liberal Party | 16.9% |  | Lost |
| 1922 | [1922 general election in Norwich](https://electionsarchive.com/gb/1922-11-15-general/norwich.md) | National Liberal Party | 33.7% | 15,542 | Elected |
| 1918 | [1918 general election in Norwich](https://electionsarchive.com/gb/1918-12-14-general/norwich.md) | Liberal Party | 43.3% | 18,699 | Elected |
| 1915 | [1915 by-election in Norwich](https://electionsarchive.com/gb/1915-02-06-by-election/norwich.md) | Liberal Party |  |  | Elected unopposed |

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/people/hilton-young and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/people/hilton-young.json.