Whitechapel by-election, 1913

The Whitechapel 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 Stuart Samuel the Liberal MP for Whitechapel undertook a contract for the Public Service, which required him to resign his seat and face re-election.

Previous result

General Election December 1910: Whitechapel

Electorate 4,117

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Stuart Montagu Samuel 1,731 59.2
Conservative Edgar Monteagle Browne 1,191 40.8
Majority 540 18.4
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing +0.9

Candidates

Sir Stuart Samuel had been Liberal MP for the seat since 1900 and the seat had been Liberal since it was created in 1885. He was opposed by Edgar Browne, who had been his Unionist opponent in December 1910.

Result

By-Election 30 April 1913: Whitechapel

Electorate

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Stuart Montagu Samuel 1,722 52.5
Unionist Edgar Monteagle Browne 1,556 47.5
Majority 166 5.0
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing -6.7

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.

General Election 1914/15: Whitechapel

Electorate 3,986

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Stuart Montagu Samuel
Unionist

Samuel retired from politics in 1916 and the Liberals held the resulting by-election unopposed.

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