UK Parliamentary by-election
1908 Dewsbury by-election ← 1906 23 April 1908 Jan. 1910 →
Candidate Runciman Carpenter Turner Party Liberal Conservative Labour Popular vote 5,594 4,078 2,446 Percentage 46.1% 33.7% 20.2%
The 1908 Dewsbury by-election was held on 23 April 1908. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Liberal MP, Walter Runciman being appointed President of the Board of Education . It was retained by Runciman.[1]
History General election 1906 : Dewsbury Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Walter Runciman 6,764 54.7 −6.1 Conservative W. B. Boyd-Carpenter 2,959 24.0 −15.2 Labour Repr. Cmte. Ben Turner 2,629 21.3 New Majority 3,805 30.7 +9.1 Turnout 12,352 88.5 +13.7 Registered electors 13,951 Liberal hold Swing +4.6
Result Runciman Dewsbury by-election, 1908[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Walter Runciman 5,594 46.1 −8.6 Conservative W. B. Boyd-Carpenter 4,078 33.7 +9.7 Labour Ben Turner 2,446 20.2 −1.1 Majority 1,516 12.4 −18.3 Turnout 12,118 86.2 −2.3 Registered electors 14,056 Liberal hold Swing −9.2
References ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs ^ Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918 . London: Macmillan Press. 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
