1913 Wandsworth by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 right|thumb|260px|Wandsworth in London 1885-1918 The 1913 Wandsworth by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 12 June 1913.Craig F.W.S. 1987 Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987 Chichester Parliamentary Research Services 108 The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. Vacancy At the 1885 general election, Sir Henry Kimber was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wandsworth. 25609 20 July 1886 3502 He held the seat until his resignation in June 1913, by taking the Chiltern Hundreds.http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04731.pdf Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850 Department of Information Services House of Commons Library 14 January 2010 24 January 2011 Previous result General election December 1910: Wandsworth Conservative Party (UK) Henry Kimber 15,168 59.0 +2.1 Liberal Party (UK) James Fairbairn 10,554 41.0 -2.1 4,614 18.0 +4.2 25,722 66.8 -10.7 Conservative Party (UK) +2.1 Candidates Samuel Samuel was chosen by the Unionists to defend the seat. He unsuccessfully contested Leeds West at the 1906 and January 1910 general elections,Craig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 1974 2nd 1989 Parliamentary Research Services Chichester 0-900178-27-2 135 and was unsuccessful again in Sunderland at the December 1910 general election.Craig, British parliamentary election results 1885–1918, page 197 Havelock Wilson was chosen by the local Liberals as their candidate. He was MP for Middlesbrough from 1892 to 1900 and again from 1906 to 1910.June 2025 He was President of the National Sailors' and Firemen's Union.June 2025 Result The Unionist Party held the seat with an increased majority. By-Election 12 June 1913: Wandsworth Unionist Party (UK) Samuel Samuel 13,425 65.4 +6.4 Liberal Party (UK) Havelock WilsonWilson was categorised by Craig as Liberal/Labour which normally denotes an official Liberal candidate with ties to the trade union movement. The Who's Who of British Members of Parliament refers to Wilson in 1913 as an Independent Labour candidate with unofficial Liberal support. 7,088 34.6 -6.4 6,337 30.8 +12.8 20,513 51.4 -15.4 Unionist Party (UK) +6.4 Aftermath A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the summer of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place. General Election 1914/15: Wandsworth Unionist Party (UK) Samuel Samuel Liberal Party (UK) Havelock Wilson The constituency was divided at the 1918 general election, and Samuel was returned as a Conservative for the new Putney division of Wandsworth.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 58 References Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (1 ed.). London: Macmillan. Who's Who: www.ukwhoswho.com Debrett's House of Commons 1916 Wandsworth by-election Wandsworth by-election Wandsworth,1913 Wandsworth,1913 Category:June 1913 in the United Kingdom