1907 Hexham by-election

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1907 Hexham by-election
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  1906 27 March 1907 Jan. 1910  
  Richard Durning Holt crop.jpg Loftus Bates.jpg
Candidate Holt Bates
Party Liberal Conservative
Popular vote5,4014,244
Percentage56.0%44.0%

MP before election

Wentworth Beaumont
Liberal

Subsequent MP

Richard Durning Holt
Liberal

The 1907 Hexham by-election was held on 27 March 1907. The by-election was held due to the succession to the barony of Allendale of the incumbent Liberal MP, Wentworth Beaumont. It was won by the Liberal candidate Richard Durning Holt. [1]

Contents

History

Beaumont Wentworth Beaumont.jpg
Beaumont
General election 1906: Hexham [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Wentworth Beaumont 5,632 61.4 +10.3
Conservative Nathaniel George Clayton 3,54738.610.3
Majority2,08522.8+20.6
Turnout 9,17983.1+3.5
Registered electors 11,049
Liberal hold Swing +10.3

Result

Holt Richard Durning Holt.jpg
Holt
Hexham by-election, 1907 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Richard Durning Holt 5,401 56.0 5.4
Conservative Charles Loftus Bates 4,24444.0+5.4
Majority1,15712.010.8
Turnout 9,64586.8+3.7
Registered electors 11,116
Liberal hold Swing 5.4

Aftermath

General election January 1910: Hexham [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Richard Durning Holt 5,478 55.4 0.6
Conservative Charles Loftus Bates 4,41744.6+0.6
Majority1,06110.81.2
Turnout 9,89587.3+4.2
Registered electors 11,335
Liberal hold Swing 0.6

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References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  2. 1 2 3 Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN   9781349022984.
  3. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  4. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916