Keighley by-election, 1913

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The Keighley by-election was a Parliamentary by-election. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

Vacancy

Sir Stanley Buckmaster

Buckmaster was appointed Solicitor General and required to fight another by-election.

Previous result

Keighley by-election, 1911

Electorate

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Stanley Owen Buckmaster KC 4,667 39.0
Conservative William Mitchell Acworth 3,842 32.1
Labour William Crawford Anderson 3,452 28.9
Majority
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing

Candidates

Stanley Buckmaster

Viscount Lascelles

William Bland

Campaign

Result

Keighley by-election, 1913

Electorate 14,142

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Stanley Owen Buckmaster 4,730 38.7 -0.3
Unionist Viscount Lascelles 3,852 31.5 -0.6
Labour William Bland 3,646 29.8 +0.9
Majority 878 7.2
Turnout 86.5
Liberal hold Swing +0.2

Aftermath

A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the summer 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 1914/15:

Electorate 14,400

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal
Unionist
Labour
    • The Yorkshire branch of the Independent Labour Party were keen to run a candidate.

    Another by-election occurred in Keighley in 1915 when Buckmaster accepted a seat in the House of Lords.

    References

      • Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 (1 ed.). London: Macmillan.
      • Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org
      • Who's Who: www.ukwhoswho.com
      • Debrett's House of Commons 1916
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