1919 Liverpool West Derby by-election
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The 1919 Liverpool West Derby by-election was a
County Palatine of Lancashire
.
Vacancy
The seat had become vacant on the elevation to the peerage of the constituency's Unionist Member of Parliament (MP), F. E. Smith, as Baron Birkenhead. He had been raised to the peerage to take up the post of Lord Chancellor.
Electoral history
Smith had held the seat since the
Coalition Government. Before that he held its predecessor seat, Liverpool Walton since the 1906 general election
.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist
|
F. E. Smith | 11,622 | 67.4 | N/A | |
| Labour | George Nelson | 5,618 | 32.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,004 | 34.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 17,240 | 55.1 | N/A | ||
Unionist hold
|
Swing | N/A | |||
Candidates
- The Unionist Party selected as its candidate Rear-Admiral Coalition Government.
- George Nelson stood for the Labour Party. He had stood against Smith at the recent General Election.
Results
Turnout was unsurprisingly low so soon after a General Election. Hall won the seat by a much reduced margin.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Unionist
|
William Reginald Hall
|
6,062 | 56.5 | -10.9 |
| Labour | George Nelson | 4,670 | 43.5 | +10.9 | |
| Majority | 1,392 | 13.0 | -21.8 | ||
| Turnout | 10,732 | 34.3 | -20.8 | ||
Unionist hold
|
Swing | -10.9 | |||
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
See also
- List of United Kingdom by-elections
- Liverpool West Derby constituency
References
- ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
- The Times, 12 March 1919