1915 Chesterton by-election
The Chesterton by-election, 1915 was a parliamentary by-election held for the House of Commons constituency of the Chesterton or Western Division of Cambridgeshire on 13 February 1915.
Vacancy
The by-election was caused by the appointment of the sitting Liberal MP, the Rt. Hon. Edwin Montagu as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with a seat in the Cabinet. [1] Under the Parliamentary rules of the day had to resign and fight a by-election.
Candidates
Montagu was re-selected to fight the seat by his local Liberal Association and as the wartime truce between the political parties was in operation [2] no opposing candidate was nominated against him.
The result
There being no other candidates putting themselves forward Montagu was returned unopposed. [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edwin Samuel Montagu | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
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References
- Chandrika Kaul, Edwin Samuel Montagu in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online, 2004-11
- The Times, 13 February 1915 p5
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918; Macmillan Press, 1974 p227
See also
- List of United Kingdom by-elections
- United Kingdom by-election records
- 1916 Chesterton by-election
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