Kingston upon Hull Central by-election, 1911
Vacancy
Seymour King the Conservative MP since 1885 was unseated on petition on 1 June 1911.
Electoral history
| General Election December 1910: Hull Central[1]
Electorate 8,181 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sir Henry Seymour King | 3,625 | 51.5 | +1.4 | |
| Liberal | Robert William Aske | 3,418 | 48.5 | -1.4 | |
| Majority | 207 | 3.0 | |||
| Turnout | 86.1 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
The Candidates
- Mark Sykes was chosen as the new Conservative candidate to defend the seat. He had contested unsuccessfully, the Buckrose seat in Yorkshire at both 1910 General Elections.
- The Liberals re-selected Dr Robert Aske, their candidate here from the last election.
The Result
| Hull Central by-election, 1911[2]
Electorate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes | 3,823 | 51.9 | +0.4 | |
| Liberal | Robert William Aske | 3,545 | 48.1 | -0.4 | |
| Majority | 3.8 | +0.8 | |||
| Turnout | 7,368 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.4 | |||
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.
- Unionist Party:Sir Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes
- Liberal Party:
| General Election 14 December 1918 [3]
Electorate 31,421 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Unionist | 13,805 | 80.1 | |||
| Liberal | Rev. Roderick Morris Kedward | 3,434 | 19.9 | ||
| Majority | 10,371 | 60.2 | |||
| Turnout | 54.9 | ||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
- Sykes was the endorsed candidate of the Coalition Government.