1916 Tewkesbury by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1916 Tewkesbury by-election was held on 16 May 1916. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Michael Hicks Beach, Viscount Quenington, in the First World War. It was won by the Conservative candidate William Frederick Hicks-Beach,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 Quenington's uncle, then aged 74. 1916 Tewkesbury by-electionCraig F. W. S. British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918 1974 Macmillan Press London 9781349022984Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916 Unionist Party (UK) William Hicks-Beach 7,127 83.2 +31.2 Independent (politician) William J Boosey 1,438 16.8 New 5,689 66.4 +62.4 8,565 62.0 -21.4 13,818 Unionist Party (UK) N/A References Category:1916 in England Category:1916 elections in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Gloucestershire constituencies Category:20th century in Gloucestershire Category:May 1916 in the United Kingdom