1907 Wimbledon by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 1907 Wimbledon by-election presidential United Kingdom Wimbledon (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1900s 1906 Wimbledon (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s Jan. 1910 14 May 1907 Chaplin 85px Conservative Party (UK) 10,263 75.7% Russell 85px Independent Liberal 3,299 24.3% 250px MP Subsequent MP Eric Hambro Conservative Party (UK) Henry Chaplin Conservative Party (UK) The 1907 Wimbledon by-election was held on 14 May 1907. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Eric Hambro, due to expanded business interests.28017 2915 30 April 1907 It was won by the Conservative candidate Henry Chaplin,http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022521/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm 7 June 2008 Leigh Rayment - Commons dead leighrayment.com 28022 17 May 1907 3436 who defeated Independent Liberal candidate Bertrand Russell. Russell campaigned in support of women's suffrage.https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/suffragettes-in-trousers/ Suffragettes 'in Trousers': How did men support votes for women? The National Archives Wimbledon by-election, 1907Craig F. W. S. British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918 1974 Macmillan Press London 9781349022984 Conservative Party (UK) Henry Chaplin 10,263 75.7 +19.5 Independent Liberal Bertrand Russell 3,299 24.3 New 6,694 51.4 +39.0 13,562 57.2 -20.1 23,702 Conservative Party (UK) References Wimbledon,1907 Wimbledon by-election Wimbledon,1907 Wimbledon by-election Wimbledon by-election