1911 Haddingtonshire by-election

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The Haddingtonshire by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 19 April 1911. [1] It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

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Previous result

General election December 1910: Electorate 8,184
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Richard Haldane 3,845 54.9 -0.6
Conservative Benjamin Hall Blyth3,15845.1+0.6
Majority6879.8-1.2
Turnout 7,00385.6+0.2
Liberal hold Swing -0.6

Candidates

Result

By-Election 19 April 1911: Electorate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Deans Hope 3,652 53.4 -1.5
Conservative Benjamin Hall Blyth3,18446.6+1.5
Majority4686.8-3.0
Turnout 6,83683.5-2.1
Liberal hold Swing -1.5

Aftermath

In 1912, after three unsuccessful attempts, the local Conservative Association replaced Blyth with a new candidate, Mansfield Hunter, who was replaced in 1913 by H. P. Macmillan. A general election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been selected to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of the First World War, the election never took place as scheduled.

General Election 1914/15: Electorate 8,135
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Deans Hope
Unionist Hugh Macmillan

The constituency was merged into the new Berwick & Haddington constituency for the 1918 elections. Tennant had represented the Berwick part. Hope was given the Coalition government coupon.

General election 14 December 1918: Electorate 32,763
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal *John Deans Hope 8,584 53.9
Labour Robert W Foulis4,78330.0
Liberal Harold Tennant 2,55716.1
Majority3,80123.9
Turnout 15,924
National Liberal win (new seat)

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References

  1. Craig, F.W.S. (1987). Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 105.