1909 Stratford-on-Avon by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election June 2025 August 2019 August 2019 The 1909 Stratford-on-Avon by-election was held on 4 May 1909. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Liberal MP, Thomas Kincaid-Smith, resigning to restand following his resignation from the Liberal Party. It was won by the Conservative candidate Philip Staveley Foster.May 2021 Kincaid-Smith was elected as Member of Parliament for Stratford-on-Avon in 1906. In 1909, he resigned his seat and left the Liberal Party to advocate compulsory military training. He stood as an independent, supported by the National Service League, at the ensuing by-election, but was badly defeated. Stratford-on-Avon by-election, 1909 Conservative Party (UK) Philip Staveley Foster 5,374 62.5 +13.4 Liberal Party (UK) Joseph Martin 2,747 31.9 -19.0 Independent (politician) Thomas Kincaid-Smith 479 5.6 New 2,627 30.6 N/A 8,600 80.9 -2.6 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) +16.2 References Further reading Johnson Matthew Militarism and the British Left, 1902-1914 Palgrave Macmillan 2013 978-1-137-27412-0 Stratford-on-Avon by-election Stratford-on-Avon by-election Category:20th century in Warwickshire Stratford-on-Avon by-election Category:Stratford-upon-Avon Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Warwickshire constituencies