1915 Keighley by-election

UK parliamentary by-election November 2019 The 1915 Keighley by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the UK House of Commons constituency of Keighley in the West Riding of Yorkshire on 29 June 1915. Vacancy The by-election was caused by the appointment of the sitting Liberal MP, Stanley Buckmaster as Lord Chancellor and his consequent elevation to the peerage.William Goodhart, Stanley Owen Buckmaster in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, OUP 2004-09 Candidates Keighley Liberals chose Sir Swire Smith as their candidate. Smith was well known locally in business and public life. He had become a national figure through his promotion of technical education.Who was Who, OUP 2007 Result There being no other candidates putting themselves forward Smith was returned unopposed.James Keighley Snowden, The Master Spinner (biography of Swire Smith), George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, 1921 p308 Keighley by-election, 1915 Liberal Party (UK) Swire Smith Unopposed N/A N/A Liberal Party (UK) See also List of United Kingdom by-elections United Kingdom by-election records References Category:1915 elections in the United Kingdom Category:Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in English constituencies Category:1915 in England Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Bradford constituencies Category:Keighley Category:1910s in Yorkshire Category:June 1915 in the United Kingdom