1916 Colne Valley by-election

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The 1916 Colne Valley by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 25 August 1916 for the House of Commons constituency of Colne Valley, in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

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Vacancy

The by-election was caused by the disqualification of the sitting Liberal MP, the Reverend Dr. Charles Leach under the Lunacy (Vacating of Seats) Act 1886. [1] Leach had been an army chaplain during the war, visiting the wounded, and the strain of this task, coupled with his Parliamentary duties apparently caused him to suffer the breakdown which was to lead his committal to a private lunatic asylum. [2] Leach thus became the only MP ever to be disqualified from Parliament in accordance with the provisions of this Act. [3] Leach had been MP for Colne Valley since the January 1910 general election when he defeated the Independent Labour Party MP Victor Grayson. [4]

Candidates

The Liberals chose Frederick Mallalieu as their candidate. Mallalieu was a woollen manufacturer from Delph near Oldham and a member of the West Riding County Council, having been chairman of the Finance Committee since 1912. [5] Mallalieu was descended from French Huguenot Protestants who had fled France in the seventeenth century. [6] In accordance with the wartime electoral truce between the political parties and their participation in the coalition government of H H Asquith, the Conservative and Labour parties declined to stand candidates and it was expected they would support Mallalieu as the government nominee. [7]

The result

There being no other candidates, Mallalieu was returned unopposed.

Colne Valley by-election, 1916
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Frederick Mallalieu Unopposed N/AN/A
Liberal hold

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References

  1. ↑ The Times, 18 August 1916 p10
  2. ↑ J. B. Williams, Worsted to Westminster: The Extraordinary Life of the Rev Dr Charles Leach MP; Darcy Press, 2009 p270
  3. ↑ "Causes of Byelections since the "Reform Act"". Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  4. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918; Macmillan Press, 1974 p433
  5. ↑ The Times, 19 August 1916 p3
  6. ↑ The Times, 11 May 1932 p19
  7. ↑ The Times, 19 August 1916 p3
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