1916 Colne Valley by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 The 1916 Colne Valley by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 25 August 1916 for the UK House of Commons constituency of Colne Valley, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Vacancy The by-election was caused by the disqualification of the sitting Liberal MP, the Reverend Dr. Charles Leach under the Lunacy (Vacating of Seats) Act 1886.The Times, 18 August 1916 p10 Leach had been an army chaplain during the war, visiting the wounded, and the strain of this task, coupled with his Parliamentary duties apparently caused him to suffer the breakdown which was to lead his committal to a private lunatic asylum.J. B. Williams, Worsted to Westminster: The Extraordinary Life of the Rev Dr Charles Leach MP; Darcy Press, 2009 p270 Leach thus became the only MP ever to be disqualified from Parliament in accordance with the provisions of this Act.http://www.election.demon.co.uk/causes.html Causes of Byelections since the "Reform Act" 2013-08-22 2011-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20110808062807/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/causes.html dead Leach had been MP for Colne Valley since the January 1910 general election when he defeated the Independent Labour Party MP Victor Grayson.F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918; Macmillan Press, 1974 p433 Candidates The Liberals chose Frederick Mallalieu as their candidate. Mallalieu was a woollen manufacturer from Delph near Oldham and a member of the West Riding County Council, having been chairman of the Finance Committee since 1912.The Times, 19 August 1916 p3 Mallalieu was descended from French Huguenot Protestants who had fled France in the seventeenth century.The Times, 11 May 1932 p19 In accordance with the wartime electoral truce between the political parties and their participation in the coalition government of H H Asquith, the Conservative and Labour parties declined to stand candidates and it was expected they would support Mallalieu as the government nominee.The Times, 19 August 1916 p3 Result There being no other candidates, Mallalieu was returned unopposed. Colne Valley by-election, 1916 Liberal Party (UK) Frederick Mallalieu Unopposed N/A N/A Liberal Party (UK) See also List of United Kingdom by-elections United Kingdom by-election records 1907 Colne Valley by-election 1939 Colne Valley by-election 1963 Colne Valley by-election References Category:1916 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1916 in England Category:1910s in Yorkshire Category:August 1916 in the United Kingdom Category:Colne Valley Category:Elections in Kirklees Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in West Yorkshire constituencies Category:Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in English constituencies