1913 Whitechapel by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 right|thumb|260px|Whitechapel in London 1913 The 1913 Whitechapel by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 30 April 1913.Craig F.W.S. 1987 Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987 Chichester Parliamentary Research Services 108 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 Stuart Samuel the Liberal MP for Whitechapel undertook a contract for the Public Service, which required him to resign his seat and face re-election.June 2025 Electoral history General election December 1910: WhitechapelBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig Liberal Party (UK) Stuart Samuel 1,731 59.2 +0.9 Conservative Party (UK) Edgar Monteagle Browne 1,191 40.8 -0.9 540 18.4 +1.8 2,922 Liberal Party (UK) +0.9 Candidates Sir Stuart Samuel had been Liberal MP for the seat since 1900June 2025 and the seat had been Liberal since it was created in 1885.June 2025 He was opposed by Edgar Browne, who had been his Unionist opponent in December 1910.June 2025 Campaign Votes for women The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, following the adoption of their new policy to not support Liberal candidates, chose not to support either candidate and instead opened a local office from which to carry out propaganda work. The smaller Women's Freedom League, a breakaway group from the Women's Social and Political Union who favoured direct action but opposed violence, also set up a local campaign office. However, the WFL's position on by-elections was specifically anti-government, so they campaigned against the return of the Liberal candidate Samuel and thus by definition in support of his Unionist opponent, Browne.Standard, 22 April 1913 Result Stuart Samuel retained the seat for the Liberal Party. thumb|120px|Stuart Samuel Whitechapel by-election, 1913British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig Liberal Party (UK) Stuart Samuel 1,722 52.5 -6.7 Unionist Party (UK) Edgar Monteagle Browne 1,556 47.5 +6.7 166 5.0 -13.4 3,278 Liberal Party (UK) -6.7 Aftermath Samuel retired from politics in 1916 and the Liberals held the resulting by-election unopposed. References See also List of United Kingdom by-elections United Kingdom by-election records 1916 Whitechapel by-election Whitechapel by-election Whitechapel by-election Whitechapel,1913 Whitechapel,1913 Category:Whitechapel Category:April 1913 in the United Kingdom