1922 Chertsey by-election

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1922 Chertsey by-election
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  1918 24 March 1922 1922  
  Philip Richardson.jpg Hubert Gough.jpg
Candidate Richardson Gough
Party Unionist Liberal
Popular vote11,8119,490
Percentage55.4%45.6%

MP before election

MacMaster
Unionist

Subsequent MP

Richardson
Unionist

The 1922 Chertsey by-election was a parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Chertsey on 24 March 1922.

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Vacancy

The by-election was caused by the death of the sitting Unionist MP, Sir Donald Macmaster on 3 March 1922. He had been MP here since winning the seat in January 1910.

Election history

Chertsey had returned Conservative or Unionist candidates at every election since the constituency was created in 1885, apart from the Liberal landslide of 1906. The result at the last general election was:

1918 general election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Donald Macmaster 13,53180.7N/A
Labour Thomas T Linsey3,23219.3New
Majority10,29961.4N/A
Turnout 16,76348.0N/A
Unionist hold Swing N/A
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Candidates

Sir Hubert Gough LtGenHubert de la Poer Gough.jpg
Sir Hubert Gough

Result

The Unionists held onto the seat with a greatly reduced majority.

Chertsey by-election, 1922 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Philip Wigham Richardson 11,811 55.4 −25.3
Liberal Sir Hubert Gough 9,49045.6New
Majority2,32110.8−50.6
Turnout 21,30155.4+7.4
Unionist hold Swing

Aftermath

Philip Richardson continued as the MP until retiring in 1931. Sir Hubert Gough did not stand for election again. The Liberal Party never managed to mount as strong a challenge again as Chertsey remained a safe Conservative seat throughout its history. The result at the following general election;

1922 general election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Philip Wigham Richardson 14,081 60.4 +5.0
Liberal Henry Samson Clark9,22839.6−6.0
Majority4,85320.8+10.0
Turnout 23,30958.2+2.8
Unionist hold Swing +5.0

References

  1. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
  2. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
  3. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949

See also