1916 South Shields by-election
The South Shields by-election, 1916 was a parliamentary by-election held for the House of Commons constituency of South Shields on 18 March 1916.
Vacancy[]
The by-election was caused by the death of the sitting Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) Russell Rea who had held the seat since himself winning it in a by-election on 27 October 1910.
Candidates[]
The Liberals selected Cecil Cochrane a 46-year-old ironmaster from Middlesbrough as their candidate. Cochrane had contested Durham for the Liberals at the December 1910 general election.[1] In view of the wartime truce between the parties, neither the Unionists nor the Labour Party put forward candidates and there were no Independent candidates either.
The result[]
Cochrane was returned unopposed.[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Cecil Cochrane | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
References[]
See also[]
- List of United Kingdom by-elections
- United Kingdom by-election records
- 1918 South Shields by-election
Categories:
- Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in English constituencies
- 1916 elections in the United Kingdom
- 1916 in England
- 20th century in County Durham
- March 1916 events
- South Shields by-elections