1911 Kingston upon Hull Central by-election
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Mark Sykes of the Conservative Party narrowly won the by-election of 1911 in the constituency of Kingston upon Hull Central.
Vacancy[]
Seymour King the Conservative MP since 1885 was unseated on petition on 1 June 1911.
Electoral history[]
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 | |||
Turnout | 7,043 | 86.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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[]
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 | ||||
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.
- Unionist Party:Mark Sykes
- Liberal Party:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | *Mark Sykes | 13,805 | 80.1 | ||
Liberal | Roderick Kedward | 3,434 | 19.9 | ||
Majority | 10,371 | 60.2 | |||
Turnout | 17,239 | 54.9 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing |
- Sykes was the endorsed candidate of the Coalition Government.
References[]
Categories:
- 1911 in England
- 1911 elections in the United Kingdom
- By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Yorkshire and the Humber constituencies
- Elections in Kingston upon Hull
- 1910s in the East Riding of Yorkshire
- July 1911 events
- 20th century in Kingston upon Hull