1911 Kingston upon Hull Central by-election

Vacancy

Seymour King the Conservative MP since 1885 was unseated on petition on 1 June 1911.

Electoral history
December 1910 general election: Kingston upon Hull Central[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Seymour King 3,625 51.5 +1.4
Liberal Robert 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 Robert Aske, their candidate here from the last election.

The Result
1911 Kingston upon Hull Central by-election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Mark Sykes 3,823 51.9 +0.4
Liberal Robert 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.

1918 general election: Kingston upon Hull Central[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist 13,805 80.1
Liberal Roderick 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.
gollark: That's not exactly better if it leads to worse outcomes.
gollark: I mean, if you go around trying revolutioning, this will:- probably turn out badly for you- also probably not do much
gollark: I don't agree. "People" in aggregate can, but you aren't that.
gollark: This is the "missing the point" bit and it is inevitable until I finish scrolling down.
gollark: It's silly to blame people for "not doing anything" to attempt to change things when they cannot, in fact, actually do much, and you're missing the point linking lists of revolutions and such (besides, how many actually went *well*?).

References
  1. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
  2. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
  3. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.