1909 Taunton by-election

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1909 Taunton by-election
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  1906 23 February 1909 Jan. 1910  
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Candidate Peel Smith
Party Conservative Labour
Popular vote1,9761,085
Percentage64.6%35.4%

MP before election

Sir Edward Boyle
Conservative

Subsequent MP

William Peel
Conservative

The 1909 Taunton by-election was held on 23 February 1909. The by-election was held due to the ill health of the incumbent Conservative MP, Edward Boyle. It was won by the Conservative candidate William Peel, [1] previously the MP for Manchester South. Peel was the son of Arthur Peel, 1st Viscount Peel, a former Liberal MP and Speaker of the House of Commons, and the grandson of former Prime Minister Robert Peel.

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Peel
Taunton by-election, 1909 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Peel 1,976 64.6 +9.5
Labour Frank Smith 1,08535.4New
Majority 89129.2+19.0
Turnout 3,06180.4−12.8
Conservative hold Swing N/A

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  2. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)