1911 Kingston upon Hull Central by-election

The 1911 Kingston upon Hull Central by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 5 July 1911.[1] It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

Vacancy

Seymour King the Conservative MP since 1885 was unseated on petition on 1 June 1911.

Electoral history

December 1910 general election: Kingston upon Hull Central[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Seymour King 3,625 51.5 +1.4
Liberal Robert Aske 3,418 48.5 −1.4
Majority 207 3.0 +2.8
Turnout 7,043 86.1 −1.8
Conservative hold Swing +2.4

The Candidates

  • Mark Sykes was chosen as the new Conservative candidate to defend the seat. He had contested unsuccessfully, the Buckrose seat in Yorkshire at both 1910 general elections.
  • The Liberals re-selected Robert Aske, their candidate here from the last election.

The Result

The seat was held for the Conservative Party by Mark Sykes.

1911 Kingston upon Hull Central by-election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Sykes 3,823 51.9 +0.4
Liberal Robert Aske 3,545 48.1 −0.4
Majority 278 3.8 +0.8
Turnout 7,368 84.6 −1.5
Conservative hold Swing +0.4

Aftermath

A general election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.

1918 general election: Kingston upon Hull Central[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist *Mark Sykes 13,805 80.1 +28.2
Liberal Roderick Kedward 3,434 19.9 −28.2
Majority 10,371 60.2 +56.4
Turnout 17,239 54.9 −29.7
Unionist hold Swing
  • Sykes was the endorsed candidate of the Coalition Government.

References

  1. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1987). Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 105.
  2. ^ British parliamentary election results 1885–1918, F. W. S. Craig
  3. ^ British parliamentary election results 1885–1918, F. W. S. Craig
  4. ^ British parliamentary election results 1918–1949, F. W. S. Craig