1906 Eye by-election

1906 Eye by-election

←  1906 6 April 1906 Jan. 1910  →

Candidate Pearson Graham Party Liberal Conservative Popular vote 4,568 4,371 Percentage 51.1% 48.9%

MP before election Francis Stevenson Liberal Subsequent MP Harold Pearson Liberal

Stevenson

The 1906 Eye by-election was held on 6 April 1906. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Liberal MP, Francis Seymour Stevenson. It was won by the Liberal candidate Harold Pearson. ^{[1] [2]}

Result

Eye by-election, 1906 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harold Pearson	4,568	51.1	N/A
	Conservative	James Graham	4,371	48.9	New
Majority			197	2.2	N/A
Turnout			8,939	87.9	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
2. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 391. ISBN   0-900178-27-2.
3. The Liberal year book, 1907