1907 Hexham by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

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27 March 1907

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Candidate	Holt	Bates
Party	Liberal	Conservative
Popular vote	5,401	4,244
Percentage	56.0%	44.0%

MP before election

Wentworth Beaumont
Liberal

Subsequent MP

Richard Durning Holt
Liberal

The 1907 Hexham by-election was held on 27 March 1907. The by-election was held due to the succession to the barony of Allendale of the incumbent Liberal MP, Wentworth Beaumont. It was won by the Liberal candidate Richard Durning Holt.^[1]

History

General election 1906: Hexham ^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wentworth Beaumont	5,632	61.4	+10.3
	Conservative	Nathaniel George Clayton	3,547	38.6	−10.3
Majority			2,085	22.8	+20.6
Turnout			9,179	83.1	+3.5
Registered electors			11,049
	Liberal hold		Swing	+10.3

Result

Hexham by-election, 1907^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Durning Holt	5,401	56.0	−5.4
	Conservative	Charles Loftus Bates	4,244	44.0	+5.4
Majority			1,157	12.0	−10.8
Turnout			9,645	86.8	+3.7
Registered electors			11,116
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.4

Aftermath

General election January 1910: Hexham ^[2]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Durning Holt	5,478	55.4	−0.6
	Conservative	Charles Loftus Bates	4,417	44.6	+0.6
Majority			1,061	10.8	−1.2
Turnout			9,895	87.3	+4.2
Registered electors			11,335
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.6

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
^ ^a ^b ^c Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

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