1919 Liverpool West Derby by-election

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1919 Liverpool West Derby
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  1918 26 February 1919 1922  
  1919 Reginald Hall crop.jpg
Candidate Hall Nelson
Party Unionist Labour
Popular vote6,0624,670
Percentage56.543.5

MP before election

Smith
Unionist

Subsequent MP

Hall
Unionist

The 1919 Liverpool West Derby by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 26 February 1919 for the British House of Commons constituency of Liverpool West Derby, in the County Palatine of Lancashire.

Contents

Vacancy

The seat had become vacant on the elevation to the peerage of the constituency's Unionist Member of Parliament (MP), F. E. Smith, as Baron Birkenhead. He had been raised to the peerage to take up the post of Lord Chancellor.

Electoral history

Smith had held the seat since the 1918 general election, when he was endorsed by the Coalition Government. Before that he held its predecessor seat, Liverpool Walton since the 1906 general election.

Sir F.E. Smith, newly created Lord Birkenhead F. E. Smith as Lord Chancellor.jpg
Sir F.E. Smith, newly created Lord Birkenhead
1918 general election: Liverpool West Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist F. E. Smith 11,622 67.4 N/A
Labour George Nelson 5,61832.6N/A
Majority 6,00434.8N/A
Turnout 17,24055.1N/A
Unionist hold Swing N/A

Candidates

Results

Turnout was unsurprisingly low so soon after a General Election. Hall won the seat by a much reduced margin.

Sir Reginald Hall Admiral Reginald Hall, 1919.jpg
Sir Reginald Hall
Liverpool West Derby by-election, 1919
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist William Reginald Hall 6,06256.5−10.9
Labour George Nelson 4,67043.5+10.9
Majority 1,39213.0−21.8
Turnout 10,73234.3−20.8
Unionist hold Swing -10.9
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

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