1911 Bootle by-election

UK parliamentary by-election November 2019 June 2025 1911 Bootle by-election presidential United Kingdom Bootle (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s Dec. 1910 Bootle (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s 1918 27 March 1911 Bonar Law 85px Conservative Party (UK) 9,976 56.2% Muspratt 85px Liberal Party (UK) 7,782 43.8% 250px MP Subsequent MP Thomas Sandys Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Royden Unionist Party (UK) The 1911 Bootle by-election was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Bootle in Merseyside on 27 March 1911. It was won by the Conservative Party candidate Bonar Law. Vacancy The seat had become vacant on 13 March 1911 when the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), 73-year-old Thomas Myles Sandys had resigned from the House of Commons by the procedural device of accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Northstead, a notional 'office of profit under the crown'. He had held the seat since the 1885 general election, and died on 18 October 1911. Previous result At the previous December 1910 general election, Conservative MP Thomas Sandys was elected unopposed. However, there was a previous contest at the General election in January: General election January 1910: Bootle Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Sandys 9,954 52.9 +1.8 Liberal Party (UK) W Permewan 8,869 47.1 -1.8 1,085 5.8 +3.6 18,823 78.7 +4.9 Conservative Party (UK) Result Bootle by-election, 1911 Conservative Party (UK) Bonar Law 9,976 56.2 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Max Muspratt 7,782 43.8 New 2,194 12.4 N/A 17,758 69.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) The result was a victory for the Conservative candidate, Bonar Law, who won the seat with 56% of the votes. He did not contest Bootle in 1918, and was instead elected in the Glasgow Central constituency. Bonar Law was later elected Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Commons, and went on to hold a series of ministerial positions before becoming Prime Minister for seven months from 1922 to 1923 See also Bootle (UK Parliament constituency) List of United Kingdom by-elections References March 2012 Category:1911 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1911 in England Category:March 1911 in the United Kingdom Category:1910s in Lancashire Category:Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Lancashire constituencies Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Merseyside constituencies Category:Bootle Category:Bonar Law