1922 City of London by-election

none June 2025 1922 City of London by-election 6,178 36.96% Unionist Party (UK) Edward Grenfell Unionist Party (UK) Arthur Balfour Subsequent MP MP File:CityofLondon1918.png 37.92% Independent Unionist parliamentary x160px Vansittart Bowater 62.08% 10,114 Unionist Party (UK) UP Edward Grenfell 19 May 1922 1922 (GE) 1922 United Kingdom general election 1918 1918 United Kingdom general election United Kingdom Constituency of City of London A map of parliamentary constituencies within the County of London at the time of the by-election, with City of London highlighted in #ff0000 red.April 2022 The 1922 City of London by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 19 May 1922 for the British House of Commons constituency of City of London, which covered the "Square Mile" which was the United Kingdom's traditional financial district. The seat had become vacant on the elevation to the peerage of one of the constituency's two Unionist Members of Parliament (MPs), Arthur James Balfour, as the Earl of Balfour. Balfour had held the seat since a by-election in 1906, following his defeat at Manchester East in the 1906 general election. He had also been prime minister between 1902 and 1905. Candidates The Unionist Party selected as its candidate Edward Grenfell, who was a director of the Bank of England. Sir Vansittart Bowater, who had been Lord Mayor of London in 1913, stood as an Independent Unionist. Result Turnout was unsurprisingly low in the first contested election in the City since the first 1910 general election. Grenfell won the seat by a convincing margin. Curiously, Bowater would go on to be elected as the official Unionist candidate at a by-election in 1924, and he and Grenfell would share the representation of the City until 1935. By-Election 19 May 1922: City of London Unionist Party (UK) Edward Grenfell 10,114 62.08 N/A Independent Unionist Vansittart Bowater 6,178 37.92 New 3,936 24.16 N/A 16,292 36.96 N/A Unionist Party (UK) N/A Previous election General election 14 December 1918: City of London (2 seats) Unionist Party (UK) Arthur Balfour Unionist Party (UK) Frederick Banbury Unionist Party (UK) Unionist Party (UK) See also List of United Kingdom by-elections City of London constituency 1904 City of London by-election February 1906 City of London by-election June 1906 City of London by-election 1924 City of London by-election 1935 City of London by-election 1938 City of London by-election 1940 City of London by-election 1945 City of London by-election References Craig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 1969 3rd 1983 Parliamentary Research Services Chichester 0-900178-06-X February 2012 Category:1922 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1922 in London City of London,1922 1922 Category:May 1922 in the United Kingdom