1916 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1916 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election was held on 16 August 1916. The by-election was held due to the elevation to the peerage of the incumbent Liberal MP, Sir Edward Grey. It was won by the Liberal candidate Sir Francis Blake.http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022521/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm 7 June 2008 House of Commons leighrayment.com usurped 2014-01-30 Blake was unopposed by Conservative or Labour candidates due to a war time electoral truce where the three main parties would not put up candidates against one another. This meant that Blake was sometimes referred to as a "Coalitionist".http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=DOM19160819.2.42 Papers Past — Dominion — 19 August 1916 — BERWICK BY-ELECTION paperspast.natlib.govt.nz 2014-04-03 The unsuccessful candidate, Dr Arthur Turnbull, stood as an Independent, though one source has described him as an Independent Liberal.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92517125?searchTerm=by-election%20berwick&searchLimits=fromyyyy=1916|||frommm|||fromdd|||toyyyy=1916|||tomm|||todd 19 Aug 1916 - BERWICK BY-ELECTION. London, Aug. 17. trove.nla.gov.au 2014-04-03 1916 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-electionBritish parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 by FWS CraigElectorate 9,454 Liberal Party (UK) Francis Blake 3,794 85.9 +24.7 Independent (politician) Arthur Turnbull 621 14.1 New 3,173 71.8 +49.4 4,415 46.7 -33.1 Liberal Party (UK) N/A References Category:1916 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1916 in England Category:20th century in Northumberland Category:History of Berwick-upon-Tweed Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Northumberland constituencies Category:August 1916 in the United Kingdom