1906 Dulwich by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 1906 Dulwich by-election presidential United Kingdom Dulwich (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1900s 1906 Dulwich (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s 1910 15 May 1906 Bonar Law 85px Conservative Party (UK) 6,709 55.3% David Williamson 85px Liberal Party (UK) 5,430 44.7% Dulwich1885.png 250px MP Subsequent MP Frederick Rutherfoord Harris Conservative Party (UK) Bonar Law Conservative Party (UK) The 1906 Dulwich by-election was a by-election held on 15 May 1906 for the British House of Commons constituency of Dulwich in South London. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the serving Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP), Dr Frederick Rutherfoord Harris, who was moving back to South Africa where he had previously lived for many years. The Unionist candidate was Bonar Law, former Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade who had lost his seat in the Liberal landslide in the February general election. The Liberal Party candidate was David Williamson, who had also contested the February election. Result Dulwich by-election, 1906 Conservative Party (UK) Bonar Law 6,709 55.3 +3.9 Liberal Party (UK) David Williamson 5,430 44.7 -3.9 1,279 10.6 +6.8 12,139 79.4 -5.1 Conservative Party (UK) +3.9 The Conservative majority increased by over 900 votes, which the Times attributed not only to Bonar Law's candidature but also to the unpopularity of the Government's Education Bill, suggesting that the Catholic vote, estimated at 700, had gone mostly to the Conservatives as a result. See also List of United Kingdom by-elections Dulwich constituency References The Times, 16 May 1906 March 2012 Dulwich,1906 Dulwich by-election Dulwich by-election Dulwich,1906 By-election, 1906