1907 Rutlandshire by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1907 Rutlandshire by-election was held on 11 June 1907. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, George Henry Finch. He had held the seat since 1867 and was Father of the House. The by-election was won by the Conservative candidate John GrettonMay 2021 who held the seat until 1918 when the constituency was abolished. The Women's Social and Political Union suffragettes campaigned against the government. At an open-air meeting in Uppingham, Mary Gawthorpe and Christabel Pankhurst were pelted and Gawthorpe fell unconscious; Sylvia Pankhurst wrote that the "incident and her plucky spirit, made her the heroine of the Election". Pankhurst Sylvia E. The Suffragette: The History of Women's Militant Suffrage 22 Rutlandshire by-election, 1907 Conservative Party (UK) John Gretton 2,213 61.9 +5.2 Liberal Party (UK) W. F. H. Lyon 1,362 38.1 -5.2 851 23.8 +10.4 3,575 87.6 -1.7 Conservative Party (UK) +5.2 References Rutlandshire by-election Category:Politics of Rutland Rutlandshire by-election Rutlandshire by-election Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in East Midlands constituencies Category:20th century in Rutland