1923 Portsmouth South by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 1923 Portsmouth South by-election presidential United Kingdom 1922 Portsmouth South by-election 1922 Portsmouth South (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1920s 1923 13 August 1923 Cayzer 85px Unionist Party (UK) 11,884 54.9% Lawson 85px Liberal Party (UK) 9,763 45.1% 250px MP Subsequent MP Wilson Unionist Party (UK) Cayzer Unionist Party (UK) The 1923 Portsmouth South by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in England on 13 August 1923 to elect a new Member of Parliament (MP) for the UK House of Commons constituency of Portsmouth South in Hampshire. Vacancy The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Conservative MP Leslie Orme Wilson had been appointed as Governor of Bombay, 32855 21 August 1923 5704 London and had therefore resigned from the Commons on 26 July by the procedural device of accepting appointment as Steward of the Manor of Northstead. 32854 17 August 1923 5619 London Wilson had held the seat for less than a year, having won it at a by-election in December 1922.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 219 He had previously been the MP for Reading from 1913 to 1922. Electoral history The result at the last election was: 1922 Portsmouth South by-electionF W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949 Unionist Party (UK) Leslie Orme Wilson 14,301 62.9 -5.8 Independent Unionist G. C. Thomas 4,834 37.1 New 5,867 25.8 -11.6 22,735 57.7 Unionist Party (UK) Candidates thumb|right|Sir Henry Lawson The Conservative candidate was Herbert Cayzer, who had held the seat from the 1918 general election until his resignation on 27 November 1922, only two weeks after being returned at the general election in November 1922. The Liberal Party candidate was 64-year-old retired army general, Sir Henry Lawson, who had previously contested the seat unsuccessfully at the 1922 general election. Result Portsmouth South by-election, 1923 Unionist Party (UK) Herbert Cayzer 11,884 54.9 -8.0 Liberal Party (UK) Henry Merrick Lawson 9,763 45.1 New 2,121 9.8 -14.0 21,647 54.9 -2.8 Unionist Party (UK) Aftermath Cayzer was re-elected for Portsmouth South at the next five general elections, and held the seat until he was ennobled in 1939. Lawson never stood for Parliament again. The result at the following general election; 1923 general election: Portsmouth South Unionist Party (UK) Herbert Cayzer 16,625 55.9 +1.0 Labour Party (UK) J. Stephen 7,388 24.9 New Liberal Party (UK) Sidney Robert Drury-Lowe 5,698 19.2 -25.9 9,237 31.0 +21.2 29,711 72.7 +17.8 Unionist Party (UK) See also Portsmouth South (UK Parliament constituency) 1922 Portsmouth South by-election 1939 Portsmouth South by-election 1984 Portsmouth South by-election The city of Portsmouth List of United Kingdom by-elections References Portsmouth South by-election Portsmouth South by-election Portsmouth South by-election Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Hampshire constituencies Category:Elections in Portsmouth Category:20th century in Hampshire