# Walter Robert Smith

Labour Party. Born May 7, 1872. Died February 25, 1942. [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7965984)

Won 3 of 6 races between 1918 and 1931.

## Served in

| Name | Years | Party |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [House of Commons](https://electionsarchive.com/chambers/gb/house-of-commons.md) (Wellingborough, 1918–1922; Norwich, 1923–1931) | 1918–1922, 1923–1924, 1929–1931 | Labour |

## Party history

| Party | Role | Years |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Labour Party | Sat for the party | 1918–1922 |
| Labour Party | Sat for the party | 1923–1924 |
| Labour Party | Sat for the party | 1929–1931 |
| Labour Party | Ran on party ballot line | 1918–1931 |

## Election record

| Year | Contest | Party | Share | Majority (votes) | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1931 | [1931 general election in Norwich](https://electionsarchive.com/gb/1931-10-27-general/norwich.md) | Labour Party | 21.0% |  | Lost |
| 1929 | [1929 general election in Norwich](https://electionsarchive.com/gb/1929-05-30-general/norwich.md) | Labour Party | 26.0% | 2,650 | Elected |
| 1924 | [1924 general election in Norwich](https://electionsarchive.com/gb/1924-10-29-general/norwich.md) | Labour Party | 22.9% |  | Lost |
| 1923 | [1923 general election in Norwich](https://electionsarchive.com/gb/1923-12-06-general/norwich.md) | Labour Party | 20.9% | 3,082 | Elected |
| 1922 | [1922 general election in Wellingborough](https://electionsarchive.com/gb/1922-11-15-general/wellingborough.md) | Labour Party | 42.4% |  | Lost |
| 1918 | [1918 general election in Wellingborough](https://electionsarchive.com/gb/1918-12-14-general/wellingborough.md) | Labour Party | 52.5% | 977 | Elected |

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/people/walter-robert-smith and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/people/walter-robert-smith.json.