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Rev. Thomas Tucker Broad (1863 – 26 January 1935),^[1] was a British Congregational Minister and Liberal Party politician.

Background

Broad was educated at New College, London and University College, London.^[2] He married Margaret Cooper in 1902.^[3]

Professional career

Broad was a member of Sheffield Board of Guardians. He was engaged during the Great War in connection with YMCA Huts.^[4]

Political career

Broad was Liberal candidate for the new Clay Cross division of Derbyshire at the 1918 General Election. He received the "coalition coupon" and there was no Unionist Party candidate opposing him. He won the seat with a majority of 8% of the votes over his Labour Party opponent. For the 1922 election, when he stood as a National Liberal, the local Liberal association not only decided to run an anti-coalition candidate against him but had attracted former Liberal cabinet minister, Charles Masterman as their candidate. Masterman polled nearly twice as many votes as Broad. With the Liberal vote split, the Labour candidate was able to take the seat.^[5] At the 1923 general election, with the two factions of the Liberal Party reunited, Broad stood in the Leyton East, but came third with only 28% of the votes. He did not stand for Parliament again.^[5] He wrote and published 'An All-In National Insurance Scheme. Security for all workers and their families' in 1924.^[6]

Electoral record

General election 1918: Clay Cross^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Liberal	Thomas Tucker Broad	7,987	54.1	n/a
	Labour	Frank Hall	6,766	45.9	n/a
Majority			1,221	8.2	n/a
Turnout			14,753	50.6	n/a
Registered electors			29,181
	Liberal win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

General election 1922: Clay Cross^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Duncan	13,206	57.9	+12.0
	Liberal	Charles Masterman	6,294	27.6	n/a
	National Liberal	Thomas Tucker Broad	3,294	14.5	−39.6
Majority			6,912	30.3	n/a
Turnout			22,794	72.1	+21.5
Registered electors			31,611
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+25.8

General election 1923: Leyton East ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Archibald Church	7,944	39.5	+8.6
	Unionist	Ernest Edward Alexander	6,533	32.4	−6.2
	Liberal	Thomas Tucker Broad	5,669	28.1	+20.0
Majority			1,411	7.1	n/a
Turnout			20,146	69.1	−3.1
Registered electors			29,166
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+7.4

References

^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 24 October 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
^ Who's who of British members of parliament
^ Dod's Parliamentary Companion, 1920
^ Debrett's House of Commons, 1922
^ ^a ^b Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 162, 320. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
^ The Politics of Retirement in Britain, 1878-1948 by John Macnicol
^ ^a ^b The Liberal Year Book, 1927
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig