1910 Swansea District by-election

UK parliamentary by-election December 2020 November 2021 The 1910 Swansea District by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the UK House of Commons constituency of Swansea District in Glamorgan in South Wales on 28 February 1910. Vacancy The by-election was caused by the appointment of the sitting Liberal MP, Sir David Brynmor Jones, KC to be Recorder of Merthyr Tydfil.The Times, 22 February 1910 p12 Under the Parliamentary rules of the day, if he wished to remain an MP, he was required to resign and fight a by-election. Candidates The Swansea District Liberals re-selected Jones. At the general election of January 1910, he had been returned with the substantial majority of 6,073 votes over his Unionist opponent.The Times House of Commons 1910; Politico’s Publishing, 2004 p90 The result There being no other candidates putting themselves forward, Brynmor Jones was returned unopposed.The Times, 1 March 1910 p12 1910 Swansea District by-electionCraig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 (1 ed.). London and Basingstoke: The Macmillan Press Ltd. 9780333169032. Page 462 Liberal Party (UK) Brynmor Jones Liberal Party (UK) See also Lists of United Kingdom by-elections United Kingdom by-election records References Category:1910 elections in the United Kingdom Category:Unopposed ministerial by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Welsh constituencies Category:Elections in Swansea Swansea District by-election Swansea District by-election, 1910 Category:20th century in Swansea Swansea District by-election