1916 North Ayrshire by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1916 North Ayrshire by-election was held on 11 October 1916. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Duncan Campbell, who died from wounds sustained in the First World War. It was won by the Conservative candidate Aylmer Hunter-Weston.http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022521/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm 7 June 2008 Leigh Rayment - Commons usurped leighrayment.com 1916 North Ayrshire by-electionDebrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916 Unionist Party (Scotland) Aylmer Hunter-Weston 7,149 84.6 +35.7 Peace by Negotiation Humphrey Chalmers 1,300 15.4 New 5,849 69.2 N/A 8,449 48.6 -36.7 17,385 Unionist Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) N/A Chalmers was supported by the Union of Democratic Control and contested the 1918 general election as a Labour Party candidate. References Category:1916 in Scotland Category:1910s elections in Scotland Category:Politics of Ayrshire Category:1916 elections in the United Kingdom Ayrshire, North Category:October 1916 in the United Kingdom