Liverpool West Derby by-election, 1919
- Liverpool West Derby by-election, 1919
The Liverpool West Derby by-election, 1919 was a parliamentary by-election held on 26 February 1919 for the British House of Commons constituency of Liverpool West Derby, in the County Palatine of Lancashire.
The seat had become vacant on the elevation to the peerage of the constituency's Coalition Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Frederick Edwin Smith, as the Earl of Birkenhead.
Smith had held the seat since the 1918 general election, and before that its predecessor seat, Liverpool Walton since the 1906 general election. He had been raised to the peerage to take up the post of Lord Chancellor, an action described by the Morning Post as "carrying a joke too far".
Candidates
The Conservative Party selected as its candidate Read Admiral Sir William Reginald Hall. George Nelson stood for Labour. He had stood against Smith at the recent General Election.
Results
Turnout was unsurprisingly low so soon after a General Election. Hall won the seat by a much reduced margin.
Votes
Election box begin
title=Liverpool West Derby by-election, 1919Election box candidate with party link
party = Coalition Conservative
candidate = Sir William Reginald Hall
votes = 6,062
percentage = 56.5
change = -10.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = George Nelson
votes = 4,670
percentage = 43.5
change = +10.9Election box majority
votes = 1,392
percentage = 13.0
change = -21.8Election box turnout
votes = 10,732
percentage = 34.3
change = -20.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Coalition Conservative
swing = -10.9
Election box begin
title=1918 General Election: Liverpool West DerbyElection box candidate with party link
party = Coalition Conservative
candidate = Rt Hon. Sir Frederick Edwin Smith
votes = 11,622
percentage = 67.4
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = George Nelson
votes = 5,618
percentage = 32.6
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 6,004
percentage = 34.8
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 17,240
percentage = 55.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Coalition Conservative
swing = "N/A"
ee also
* List of United Kingdom by-elections
* Liverpool West Derby constituency
References
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* "The Times", 12 March 1919
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