1907 Bury St Edmunds by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

1907 Bury St Edmunds by-election
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Candidate Guinness Yates
Party Conservative Liberal
Popular vote 1,631 741
Percentage 68.8% 31.2%
MP before election

Frederick Hervey
Conservative

Subsequent MP

Walter Guinness
Conservative

The 1907 Bury St Edmunds by-election was held on 24 August 1907. The by-election was held due to the succession to the peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, Frederick Hervey who become the Fourth Marquess of Bristol. It was won by the Conservative candidate Walter Guinness.[1]

Campaign

The by-election was a strong campaigning ground for the suffragette movement and the Women's Social and Political Union made it a target for propaganda sending high level members, including Gladice Keevil, Nellie Martel, Emmeline Pankhurst, Aeta Lamb, Rachel Barrett and Elsa Gye.[2]

Result

Bury St Edmunds by-election, 1907[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Walter Guinness 1,631 68.8 +10.2
Liberal Walter Baldwyn Yates 741 31.2 -10.2
Majority 890 37.6 +20.4
Turnout 2,372 86.6 -4.1
Conservative hold Swing +10.2

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  2. ^ Crawford, Elizabeth (2003). The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928. Routledge. p. 35. ISBN 9781135434021.
  3. ^ "The Bury St Edmunds Election". Grantham Journal. 31 August 1907. Retrieved 5 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
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