1912 Hythe by-election

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The Hythe 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.

Electoral history[]

Sassoon was returned unopposed at the previous election. The previous election to that was contested and the result was as follows;

General election January 1910: Hythe[1] Electorate 6,541
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Sassoon 3,746 65.7
Liberal W Clarke Hall 1,954 34.3
Majority 1,792 31.4
Turnout 5,699 87.1
Conservative hold Swing

Candidates[]

Edward Sassoon

S Moorhouse

Result[]

Sassoon held his seat, however compared with the January 1910 election result, his Unionist majority dropped slightly;

Hythe by-election, 1912[2] Electorate 6,964
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Philip Sassoon 3,722 65.0 -0.7
Liberal S Moorhouse 2,004 35.0 +0.7
Majority 1,718 30.0 -1.4
Turnout 5,726 82.2 -4.9
Unionist hold Swing -0.7

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;

  • Unionist: Philip Sassoon
  • Liberal: William Deedes

Due to the outbreak of war, the election didn't take place until 1918;

General election 14 December 1918: Hythe[3] Electorate 19,896
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist *Philip Sassoon 8,809 72.0
Labour Robert William Forsyth 3,427 28.0
Majority 5,382 44.0
Turnout 12,236
Unionist hold Swing
  • Sassoon was the endorsed candidate of the Coalition Government.

References[]

  1. ^ British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, F.W.S. Craig
  2. ^ British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, F.W.S. Craig
  3. ^ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, F.W.S. Craig
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