1911 Glasgow Tradeston by-election

UK parliamentary by-election November 2013 January 2024 The 1911 Glasgow Tradeston by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 6 July 1911.Craig F.W.S. 1987 Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987 Chichester Parliamentary Research Services 105 It 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. The constituency was created in 1885 and elected Liberal Archibald Corbett as their MP from then until he retired from the House of Commons in 1911 to take a seat in the House of Lords as 1st Baron Rowallan. Although Tradeston had consistently voted for Corbett, he did not consistently stand under the same label. In 1885 he stood as a Liberal against a Conservative. In 1886 following a split in the Liberal party he stood as a Liberal Unionist against a Liberal. Thereafter this was the normal contest until 1910. He had re-joined the Liberal party in 1908 but he did not win the official Liberal nomination in January 1910. This time standing as an Independent Liberal he scraped a victory against both Liberal and Conservative candidates. Then at the last general election, standing as the official Liberal candidate he won comfortably. The local Liberal association finally settled on J. D. White to defend the seat. He had been Liberal MP for Dunbartonshire before standing down at the last election. They had considered James Hogge and Junior Minister Charles Masterman, and settled on Masterman before he withdrew to contest the 1911 Bethnal Green South West by-election.Liberal Nationalisms: Empire, State, and Civil Society in Scotland and Quebec By James Kennedy The new Unionist candidate was Conservative John Henry Watts, who had opposed James Keir Hardie at Merthyr Tydfil at the general election. The turnout was substantially down on the general election, meaning that while White won the seat for the Liberals with a massive swing of 17.6%, he received fewer votes than Corbett had. Due to the outbreak of war, the subsequent general election did not take place until 1918. The Unionist Henderson was the endorsed candidate of the Coalition Government and won comfortably. After losing Glasgow Tradeston, White briefly joined the Labour party and stood as a Labour candidate on two occasions. Detailed election results General election Dec 1910: Glasgow Tradeston Electorate Liberal Party (UK) Archibald Corbett 4,811 60.5 +28.7 Liberal Unionist Party (UK) Archibald Pollock Main 3,137 39.5 +6.5 1,674 21.1 N/A 7,948 82.7 -4.3 Liberal Party (UK) Independent Liberal Glasgow Tradeston by-election, 1911Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916 Electorate Liberal Party (UK) J. D. White 3,869 78.1 +17.6 Conservative Party (UK) John Henry Watts 1,086 21.9 -17.6 2,783 56.2 +35.2 4,955 Liberal Party (UK) +17.6 General election 14 December 1918: Glasgow TradestonBritish parliamentary election results 1885-1918 by Craig, F.W.S. (1974) Electorate 35,960 Unionist Party (Scotland) Vivian Henderson 12,250 63.2 +41.3 British Socialist Party James Dunlop MacDougall 3,751 19.4 New Liberal Party (UK) J. D. White 3,369 16.4 -71.7 8,499 43.8 N/A 19,370 53.9 -28.8 Unionist Party (Scotland) Liberal Party (UK) +33.4 References Category:1911 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1911 in Scotland Category:1910s elections in Scotland Tradeston Category:1910s in Glasgow Category:July 1911 in the United Kingdom