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1907 Brigg by-election
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UK Parliamentary by-election
August 2019
August 2019
1907 Brigg by-election presidential United Kingdom Brigg (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1900s 1906 Brigg (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s Jan. 1910 26 February 1907 Sheffield 85px Conservative Party (UK) 5,389 50.5% Guest 85px Liberal Party (UK) 5,273 49.5% 250px MP Subsequent MP Harold Reckitt Liberal Party (UK) Alfred Gelder Liberal Party (UK)
The 1907 Brigg by-election was held on 26 February 1907. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Liberal MP, Harold Reckitt. It was won by the Conservative candidate Berkeley Sheffield.May 2021
History
General election 1906: Brigg
Liberal Party (UK) Harold Reckitt 5,753 58.8 +4.2
Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Henry Julian Skeffington Smyth 4,027 41.2 −4.2
1,726 17.6 +8.4
9,780 83.3 −0.5
11,737
Liberal Party (UK) +4.2
Result
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Brigg by-election, 1907Craig F. W. S. British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918 1974 Macmillan Press London 9781349022984 337
Conservative Party (UK) Berkeley Sheffield 5,389 50.5 +9.3
Liberal Party (UK) Frederick Guest 5,273 49.5 −9.3
116 1.0 N/A
10,662 89.5 +6.2
11,908
Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) +9.3
Aftermath
General election January 1910: Brigg
Liberal Party (UK) Alfred Gelder 6,548 50.9 +1.4
Conservative Party (UK) Berkeley Sheffield 6,311 49.1 -1.4
237 1.8 N/A
12,859 91.5 +2.0
14,048
Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +1.4
References
Category:1907 in England
Category:Brigg
Category:1907 elections in the United Kingdom
Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Lincolnshire constituencies