1917 Liverpool Abercromby by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election June 2025 August 2019 August 2019 The 1917 Liverpool Abercromby by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 28 June 1917 for the British House of Commons constituency of Liverpool Abercromby. The seat had become vacant when the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Richard Chaloner had taken the post of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds on 18 June 1917, thus effectively resigning from the Commons. Five days later, Chaloner was created Baron Gisborough. He had been MP from Liverpool Abercromby since the January 1910 general election. The Conservative candidate, Lord Stanley held the seat for the party. He remained the constituency's MP until the seat was abolished for the 1918 general election. Neither the Labour Party nor Liberal Party stood, and the Conservatives' only opponent was the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers. Result Liverpool Abercromby By-election, 1917 Conservative Party (UK) Edward Stanley 2,224 73.7 +15.6 National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers F. B. Hughes 794 26.3 New 1,430 47.4 +31.2 3,008 50.1 -25.1 Conservative Party (UK) References a 1 March 2012 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974) Minor Parties at British Parliamentary Elections 1885-1974, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1975) Category:1917 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1917 in England Category:June 1917 in the United Kingdom Category:1910s in Liverpool Abercromby, 1917