1907 Colne Valley by-election

UK parliamentary by-election February 2014 February 2014 1907 Colne Valley by-election presidential United Kingdom Colne Valley (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1900s 1906 Colne Valley (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s Jan. 1910 18 July 1907 Victor Grayson x150px Independent Labour 3,648 35.2% Philip Bright x150px Liberal Party (UK) 3,495 33.7% Granville Wheler x150px Conservative Party (UK) 3,227 31.1% 250px MP Subsequent MP Sir James Kitson Liberal Party (UK) Charles Leach Liberal Party (UK) The 1907 Colne Valley by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 18 July 1907.Craig F.W.S. 1987 Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987 Chichester Parliamentary Research Services 101 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 James Kitson had been Liberal MP for the seat of Colne Valley since the 1892 general election. He was created Baron Airedale on 17 July 1907 and resigned to take a seat in the House of Lords.May 2017 Electoral history The seat was re-gained from the Liberal Unionists in 1892: thumb|left|120px|James Kitson General election January 1906 Liberal Party (UK) James Kitson Unopposed N/A N/A Liberal Party (UK) Candidates thumb|120px|Campaign poster reading "Colne Valley for Socialism." The local Liberal Association selected Philip Bright to defend the seat. He was the son of John Bright the famous Free-trader. The Conservatives selected 35-year-old barrister, Granville Charles Hastings Wheler, later 1st (and last) Baronet of Otterden, as their candidate. He had contested Osgoldcross at the last general election. Twenty-six-year-old Victor Grayson stood as an Independent Labour candidate, having been nominated by the Colne Valley Labour League. This was the local branch of the Independent Labour Party (ILP), but the ILP and Labour Party both decided against backing Grayson's candidacy.Clark David Colne Valley: Radicalism to Socialism 1981 Longman London 0582502934 Grayson was born in Liverpool and became an apprentice engineer. He joined the Independent Labour Party and toured the country giving lectures, becoming a well-known orator despite having a stammer. Polling Day was fixed for 18 July 1907. Result Grayson gained the seat: Colne Valley by-election, 1907British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, palgrave.com; accessed 5 May 2017. Colne Valley Labour Victor Grayson 3,648 35.2 New Liberal Party (UK) Philip Bright 3,495 33.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Granville Wheler 3,227 31.1 New 153 1.5 N/A 10,370 88.1 N/A Independent Labour Liberal Party (UK) N/A Aftermath Wheler was elected at Faversham at the next general election. Grayson was defeated by a new Liberal candidate: thumb|120px|Charles Leach General election January 1910 Liberal Party (UK) Charles Leach 4,741 40.7 +7.0 Conservative Party (UK) Archibald Boyd-Carpenter 3,750 32.2 +1.1 Colne Valley Labour Victor Grayson 3,149 27.1 -8.1 991 8.5 N/A 11,640 93.2 +5.1 Liberal Party (UK) Independent Labour +7.6 References Colne Valley by-election Category:Colne Valley Category:Elections in Kirklees Colne Valley by-election Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in West Yorkshire constituencies Category:1900s in Yorkshire Colne Valley by-election