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1911 Brentford by-election
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UK parliamentary by-election
April 2022
The 1911 Brentford by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 23 March 1911.Craig F.W.S. 1987 Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987 Chichester Parliamentary Research Services 105 It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
The incumbent Conservative Member of Parliament, Lord Alwyne Compton, resigned for private and business reasons. 16 March 1911 Lord Compton resigns https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/152363019/18412460 The Daily Telegraph 5 Launceston, Tasmania 12 March 2023
Previous result
General election December 1910:
Electorate 20,701
Conservative Party (UK)
Lord Alwyne Compton
9,197
60.0
-1.0
Liberal Party (UK)
William George Lobjoit
6,124
40.0
+1.0
3,073
20.0
-2.0
15,321
74.0
-10.5
Conservative Party (UK)
-1.0
Result
The seat was held unopposed for the Conservative Party by William Joynson-Hicks.
By-Election 23 March 1911Craig F. W. S. British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918 1974 Macmillan Press London 9781349022984
Conservative Party (UK)
William Joynson-Hicks
Conservative Party (UK)
References
Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (1 ed.). London: Macmillan.
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