1912 Hackney South by-election
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The Hackney South by-election was a Parliamentary by-election. 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[]
In May 1912, Horatio Bottomley, the controversial Liberal MP for Hackney South, was forced resign his seat when he was declared bankrupt. Bottomley had been unpopular with a large portion of the party's activists in Hackney, who had run their own candidate against him in December 1910.
Electoral history[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Horatio Bottomley | 5,068 | 59.2 | ||
Conservative | Sydney Charles Nettleton King-Farlow | 3,243 | 31.6 | ||
Liberal | Richard Roberts | 1,946 | 19.0 | ||
Majority | 1,825 | 27.6 | |||
Turnout | 10,257 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Candidates[]
The two Liberal factions came together to nominate Hector Morison for the vacancy.[2] Morison was a 62-year-old Scottish member of the London Stock Exchange. He was also a former Member of Parliament, he had sat for Eastbourne from January to December 1910, when he was defeated.[3]
The Unionists selected John Constant Gibson, a 51-year-old Scottish businessman.[4]
Result[]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hector Morison | 5,339 | 52.5 | +33.5 | |
Conservative | John Constant Gibson | 4,836 | 47.5 | +15.9 | |
Majority | 503 | 5.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,175 | 70.1 | |||
Liberal gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Horatio Bottomley | 11,145 | 79.7 | New | |
Liberal |
|
2,830 | 20.3 | -32.2 | |
Majority | 8,315 | 59.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,975 | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal | Swing |
- Henri was the endorsed candidate of the Coalition Government.
Aftermath[]
Morison served only one term as a member of the Commons. He chose to retire at the next general election in 1918. Horatio Bottomley, whose bankruptcy had been annulled, regained the Hackney South seat as an independent though he would later be expelled again, leading to the 1922 Hackney South by-election.
References[]
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885-1918
- ^ "Resignation Of Mr. Bottomley. A By-Election In Hackney". The Times. 17 May 1912. p. 7.
- ^ Who's Who
- ^ Who's Who
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885-1918
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885-1918
- By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Hackney constituencies
- Elections in the London Borough of Hackney
- 1912 elections in the United Kingdom
- 1912 in London
- May 1912 events