Stratford-on-Avon by-election, 1909

The Stratford-on-Avon by-election of 1909 was held on 4 May 1909. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Liberal MP, Thomas Kincaid-Smith, resigning to restand following his resignation from the Liberal Party. It was won by the Conservative candidate Philip Staveley Foster.^[1]

Kincaid-Smith was elected as Member of Parliament for Stratford-on-Avon in 1906. In 1909, he resigned his seat and left the Liberal Party to advocate compulsory military training. He stood as an independent, supported by the National Service League, at the ensuing by-election, but was badly defeated.

Stratford-on-Avon by-election, 1909
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Staveley Foster	5,374
	Liberal	Joseph Martin	2,747
	Independent	Thomas Kincaid-Smith	479
Majority			2,627
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm

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