1908 Haggerston by-election

UK parliamentary by-election January 2014 January 2014 1908 Haggerston by-election presidential United Kingdom Haggerston (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1900s 1906 Haggerston (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s Jan. 1910 1 August 1908 Guinness 65px Conservative Party (UK) 2,867 51.4% Warren Liberal Party (UK) 1,724 30.9% Burrows 65px Social Democratic Federation 986 17.7% File:ShoreditchHag.png 250px MP Subsequent MP Randal Cremer Liberal Party (UK) Henry Chancellor Liberal Party (UK) The 1908 Haggerston by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 1 August 1908.Craig F.W.S. 1987 Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987 Chichester Parliamentary Research Services 102 The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. Vacancy Sir Randal Cremer the sitting member died on 22 July 1908. He had been Liberal MP for the seat of Haggerston since the 1900 general election. Electoral history The seat had been Liberal since they gained it in 1900. They easily held the seat at the last election, with an increased majority; thumb|120px|Cremer General election 1906: Shoreditch, HaggerstonBritish parliamentary election results 1885-1918 Liberal-Labour (UK) Randal Cremer 2,772 53.9 +3.6 Conservative Party (UK) Rupert Guinness 2,371 46.1 -3.6 401 7.8 +7.2 6,403 80.3 +13.1 Liberal-Labour (UK) +3.6 No Labour Party or Socialist candidate had ever stood. At the 1907 London County Council election The Conservative backed Municipal Reform Party had gained Haggerston from the Liberal backed Progressive Party. Candidates thumb|120px|Guinness The local Liberal Association selected Walter Richard Warren to defend the seat. He was standing for parliament for the first time. The Conservatives retained 34-year-old Hon. Rupert Guinness as their candidate. He served as a captain in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and was commanding officer of HMS President (London Division RNVR) from 1903. He was standing for parliament for the second time, having lost here in 1906. However, in 1907 he experienced electoral success in Haggerston when he was one of the two Municipal Reform candidates elected to serve on the London County Council The Socialist Social Democratic Federation chose to intervene in the by-election, and fielded Herbert Burrows a 63-year-old former civil servant from Suffolk, one of the organisers of the Matchgirls Strike. He was standing for parliament for the first time. Campaign Polling Day was fixed for 1 August 1908. Result The Conservatives gained the seat on a swing of 10.25%; 1908 Haggerston by-election Conservative Party (UK) Rupert Guinness 2,867 51.4 +5.3 Liberal Party (UK) Walter Richard Warren 1,724 30.9 -23.0 Social Democratic Federation Herbert Burrows 986 17.7 New 1,143 20.5 N/A 5,577 65.9 -14.4 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) +10.25 The result was seen as a victory for Tariff ReformHAGGERSTON BY-ELECTION. - TARIFF REFORM VICTORY. CANVASS FOR SOCIALIST. London, Aug. 2. - Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 - 1954) - 4 Aug 1908 Trove 1908-08-04 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90422285 2021-05-29 and a disappointment to the third party Social Democratic Federation.http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/8th-august-1908/2/the-polling-in-the-haggerston-division-of-shoredit The polling in the Haggerston division of Shoreditch took place » 8 Aug 1908 » The Spectator Archive The Spectator Archive Aftermath Warren sought election to parliament at the next general election at the Conservative seat of Wandsworth, without success. Guinness once again faced Burrows and a new Liberal candidate who defeated him; General election January 1910: Shoreditch, Haggerston Liberal Party (UK) Henry Chancellor 3,041 48.0 +17.1 Conservative Party (UK) Rupert Guinness 2,586 40.9 -10.5 Social Democratic Federation Herbert Burrows 701 11.1 -6.6 455 7.1 N/A 6,328 Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +13.8 Warren switched his attention to municipal politics and in March 1910, standing for the Liberal backed Progressive Party, he gained a seat from the Conservative backed Municipal Reform Party at Battersea in the 1910 London County Council election. References Haggerston by-election Haggerston by-election Haggerston,1908 Haggerston,1908 Haggerston