1911 Keighley by-election

UK parliamentary by-election November 2019 February 2022 February 2022 The Keighley by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 27 October 1911.Craig F. W. S. 1987 Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987 Chichester Parliamentary Research Services 105 The constituency 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 The vacancy was caused by the death on 30 September 1911 of Sir John Brigg, who had been the Liberal MP for Keighley since 1895.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000960/19111003/131/0009 Death Of Liberal M.P. For Keighley 3 October 1911 Newry Reporter 9 4 February 2022 The British Newspaper Archive subscription Electoral history General election December 1910: Keighleyhttps://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001974/19101210/068/0003 Unopposed Returns 10 December 1910 Wigan Observer and District Advertiser 3 5 February 2022 The British Newspaper Archive subscription Liberal Party (UK) John Brigg Unopposed N/A N/A Liberal Party (UK) Candidates The Liberals chose 50 year-old Stanley Buckmaster to defend a seat the party had held since it was created in 1885. He had been Liberal MP for Cambridge until his defeat in January 1910. He had failed to regain Cambridge in December 1910. The Conservative candidate was 60 year-old William Mitchell Acworth who had contested the seat as a Liberal Unionist in 1906 and January 1910, but did not contest the December 1910 elections. Although a Socialist had stood here in 1906 and finished third, the Labour party had not contested the seat before. This time they chose to run a 34 year-old Scotsman, William Crawford Anderson as their candidate. Anderson had been Chairman of the Independent Labour Party since 1910. Result The by-election was held on 27 October. The seat was held for the Liberals by Stanley Buckmaster, who gained 39% of the vote and obtained a majority of 825 over a Conservative and a Labour candidate. thumb|120px|S.O. Buckmaster Keighley by-election, 1911 Liberal Party (UK) Stanley Buckmaster 4,667 39.0 N/A Conservative Party (UK) William Mitchell Acworth 3,842 32.1 New Labour Party (UK) William Crawford Anderson 3,452 28.9 New 825 6.9 N/A 11,961 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Aftermath In 1913 Buckmaster was appointed Solicitor General and required to fight another by-election 1913 Keighley by-election Liberal Party (UK) Stanley Buckmaster 4,730 38.7 -0.3 Unionist Party (UK) Henry Lascelles 3,852 31.5 -0.6 Labour Party (UK) William Bland 3,646 29.8 +0.9 878 7.2 +0.3 12,228 Liberal Party (UK) Anderson was elected MP for Sheffield Attercliffe in 1914. Acworth did not contest another election. References Category:1911 in England Category:1911 elections in the United Kingdom Category:Keighley Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Bradford constituencies Category:1910s in Yorkshire Category:October 1911 in the United Kingdom