1906 Eye by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

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6 April 1906

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Candidate	Pearson	Graham
Party	Liberal	Conservative
Popular vote	4,568	4,371
Percentage	51.1%	48.9%

MP before election

Francis Stevenson
Liberal

Subsequent MP

Harold Pearson
Liberal

The 1906 Eye by-election was held on 6 April 1906. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Liberal MP, Francis Seymour Stevenson. It was won by the Liberal candidate Harold Pearson.^[1]^[2]

Result

Eye by-election, 1906 ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harold Pearson	4,568	51.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	James Graham	4,371	48.9	New
Majority			197	2.2	N/A
Turnout			8,939	87.9	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 391. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
^ The Liberal year book, 1907

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