1911 Hitchin by-election

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1911 Hitchin by-election
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  Dec. 1910 23 November 1911 1918  
  Lord Robert Cecil.jpg Thomas Tylston Greg.jpg
Candidate Cecil Greg
Party Conservative Liberal
Popular vote5,5423,909
Percentage58.6%41.4%

MP before election

Alfred Peter Hillier
Conservative

Subsequent MP

Lord Robert Cecil
Unionist

The 1911 Hitchin by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 23 November 1911. [1] The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

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Vacancy

Dr Alfred Peter Hillier had been the Conservative MP for Hitchin since regaining the seat from the Liberals in January 1910. He committed suicide on 24 October 1911 in his home at 20 Eccleston Square, London, England.

Electoral history

General election December 1910: Hitchin [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Peter Hillier 5,233 57.0 −2.8
Liberal Thomas Tylston Greg3,94243.0+2.8
Majority1,29114.0−5.6
Turnout 9,17584.3−4.2
Conservative hold Swing -2.8

Candidates

The new Conservative candidate was Robert Cecil who had been Conservative MP for Marylebone East until January 1910. In 1910 he unsuccessfully contested Blackburn in the January election and Wisbech in the December election. Thomas Tylston Greg, who had been the Liberal candidate last time was again chosen to contest the seat.

Result

The Conservative Party held the seat with an increased majority.

Hitchin by-election, 1911 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Cecil 5,542 58.6 +1.6
Liberal Thomas Tylston Greg3,90941.4−1.6
Majority1,63317.2+3.2
Turnout 9,45184.8+0.5
Conservative hold Swing +1.6

Aftermath

A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.

General election 14 December 1918: Hitchin [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Robert Cecil 9,82860.6+2.0
Labour Robert Green5,66134.9New
NFDDSS George Humm7224.5New
Majority4,16725.7+8.5
Turnout 16,21154.430.4
Registered electors 29,820
Unionist hold Swing
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

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References

  1. Craig, F.W.S. (1987). Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 106.
  2. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  3. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  4. British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949 (Craig)