1907 Bury St Edmunds by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 1907 Bury St Edmunds by-election presidential United Kingdom Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1900s 1906 Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s Jan. 1910 24 August 1907 Guinness 85px Conservative Party (UK) 1,631 68.8% Yates 85px Liberal Party (UK) 741 31.2% 250px MP Subsequent MP Frederick Hervey Conservative Party (UK) Walter Guinness Conservative Party (UK) The 1907 Bury St Edmunds by-election was held on 24 August 1907. The by-election was held due to the succession to the peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, Frederick Hervey who become the Fourth Marquess of Bristol. It was won by the Conservative candidate Walter Guinness.May 2021 Campaign The by-election was a strong campaigning ground for the suffragette movement and the Women's Social and Political Union made it a target for propaganda sending high level members, including Gladice Keevil, Nellie Martel, Emmeline Pankhurst, Aeta Lamb, Rachel Barrett and Elsa Gye.Crawford Elizabeth The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928 2003 Routledge 9781135434021 35 Result Bury St Edmunds by-election, 1907The Bury St Edmunds Election Grantham Journal 31 August 1907 5 October 2016 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000400/19070831/110/0007 British Newspaper Archive subscription The Liberal Year Book, 1907 Conservative Party (UK) Walter Guinness 1,631 68.8 +10.2 Liberal Party (UK) Walter Baldwyn Yates 741 31.2 -10.2 890 37.6 +20.4 2,372 86.6 -4.1 Conservative Party (UK) +10.2 References Bury St Edmunds by-election Bury St Edmunds by-election Bury St Edmunds by-election Category:Bury St Edmunds Category:Borough of St Edmundsbury Bury