UK Parliamentary by-election
1907 Brigg by-election ← 1906 26 February 1907 Jan. 1910 →
Candidate Sheffield Guest Party Conservative Liberal Popular vote 5,389 5,273 Percentage 50.5% 49.5%
MP before election Harold Reckitt
Subsequent MP Alfred Gelder
The 1907 Brigg by-election was held on 26 February 1907. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Liberal MP, Harold Reckitt. It was won by the Conservative candidate Berkeley Sheffield.[1]
History General election 1906 : Brigg[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Harold Reckitt 5,753 58.8 +4.2 Conservative Geoffrey Henry Julian Skeffington Smyth 4,027 41.2 −4.2 Majority 1,726 17.6 +8.4 Turnout 9,780 83.3 −0.5 Registered electors 11,737 Liberal hold Swing +4.2
Result Sheffield Brigg by-election, 1907[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Berkeley Sheffield 5,389 50.5 +9.3 Liberal Frederick Guest 5,273 49.5 −9.3 Majority 116 1.0 N/A Turnout 10,662 89.5 +6.2 Registered electors 11,908 Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +9.3
Aftermath General election January 1910 : Brigg[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Alfred Gelder 6,548 50.9 +1.4 Conservative Berkeley Sheffield 6,311 49.1 -1.4 Majority 237 1.8 N/A Turnout 12,859 91.5 +2.0 Registered electors 14,048 Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +1.4
References ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs ^ a b c Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918 . London: Macmillan Press. p. 337. ISBN 9781349022984 . 1906 1907 1908 1909 Lists of UK by-elections 1801–1806 1806–1818 1818–1832 1832–1847 1847–1857 1857–1868 1868–1885 1885–1900 1900–1918 1918–1931 1931–1950 1950–1979 1979–2010 2010–present Northern Ireland Hereditary peers
