1919 Liverpool West Derby by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 June 2025 1919 Liverpool West Derby by-election United Kingdom by-election Popular Liverpool West Derby#Elections in the 1910s 1918 1919 02 26 yes Liverpool West Derby#Elections in the 1920s 1922 34.3% File:1919 Reginald Hall crop.jpg William Reginald Hall Unionist Party (UK) Coalition 6,062 56.5% 10.9% Labour Party (UK) George Nelson Labour Party (UK) 4,670 43.5% 10.9% MP Frederick Smith Unionist Party (UK) Subsequent MP William Reginald Hall Unionist Party (UK) The 1919 Liverpool West Derby by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 26 February 1919 for the British House of Commons constituency of Liverpool West Derby, in the County Palatine of Lancashire. Vacancy The seat had become vacant on the elevation to the peerage of the constituency's Unionist Member of Parliament (MP), F. E. Smith, as Baron Birkenhead. He had been raised to the peerage to take up the post of Lord Chancellor. Electoral history Smith had held the seat since the 1918 general election, when he was endorsed by the Coalition Government. Before that he held its predecessor seat, Liverpool Walton since the 1906 general election. thumb|120px|Sir F.E. Smith, newly created Lord Birkenhead 1918 general election: Liverpool West Derby Unionist Party (UK) F. E. Smith 11,622 67.4 Labour Party (UK) George Nelson 5,618 32.6 6,004 34.8 17,240 55.1 Unionist Party (UK) Candidates The Unionist Party selected as its candidate Rear-Admiral Sir William Reginald Hall. Hall was endorsed by the Coalition Government. George Nelson stood for the Labour Party. He had stood against Smith at the recent General Election. Result Turnout was unsurprisingly low so soon after a General Election. Hall won the seat by a much reduced margin. thumb|120px|Sir Reginald Hall Liverpool West Derby by-election, 1919 Unionist Party (UK) William Reginald Hall 6,062 56.5 –10.9 Labour Party (UK) George Nelson 4,670 43.5 +10.9 1,392 13.0 -21.8 10,732 34.3 -20.8 Unionist Party (UK) –10.9 See also List of United Kingdom by-elections Liverpool West Derby constituency References Craig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 1969 3rd 1983 Parliamentary Research Services Chichester 0-900178-06-X February 2012 The Times, 12 March 1919 Liverpool West Derby by-election Liverpool West Derby by-election West Derby, 1919 Category:1910s in Liverpool Liverpool West Derby by-election