1909 High Peak by-election

UK parliamentary by-election February 2014 February 2014 1909 High Peak by-election presidential United Kingdom High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1900s 1906 High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s Jan. 1910 22 July 1909 Partington 85px Liberal Party (UK) 5,619 51.5% Profumo 85px Conservative Party (UK) 5,272 48.4% 250px MP Subsequent MP Oswald Partington Liberal Party (UK) Oswald Partington Liberal Party (UK) The 1909 High Peak by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 22 July 1909.Craig F.W.S. 1987 Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987 Chichester Parliamentary Research Services 103 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 Oswald Partington had been Liberal MP for the seat of High Peak since the 1900 general election. On 5 July 1909, he was appointed as a Junior Lord of the Treasury, which meant, in accordance with the times, that he was required to resign his seat and seek re-election to parliament. Electoral history The seat had been Liberal since Partington gained it from the Conservatives in 1900. He easily held the seat at the last election, with an increased majority; thumb|120px|Partington General election January 1906British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 Liberal Party (UK) Oswald Partington 5,450 53.9 +3.0 Conservative Party (UK) Albert Profumo 4,662 46.1 -3.0 788 7.8 +6.0 10,112 90.7 +4.1 Liberal Party (UK) +3.0 Candidates The local Liberal Association re-selected 37-year-old Oswald Partington to defend the seat. The Conservatives retained 30-year-old barrister Albert Profumo as their candidate. He had unsuccessfully tried to re-gain the seat from Partington at the last election.Who's Who Campaign thumb|right|The Manager of the local Kinder Print Works shown with car depicting a Conservative 'Vote Profumo' poster Polling Day was fixed for 22 July, allowing for a short 17-day campaign. On 9 July the Liberals retained a by-election in Cleveland, Yorkshire. On 15 July, the Liberals retained a by-election in nearby Mid Derbyshire. On 20 July, the Liberals retained a by-election in Dumfries Burghs. The major incident of the campaign was Partington's challenge to fight a reporter of the Sheffield Daily Telegraph. The presses of that paper had been used to print the High Peak Elector, a campaign newspaper published by the Conservatives, which Partington claimed had slighted his wife, Clara.A Liberal Chronicle: Journals and Papers of J.A. Pease, 1st Lord Gainford, 1908–1910 Result The Liberals held the seat and managed a slightly reduced majority; High Peak by-election, 1909 Liberal Party (UK) Oswald Partington 5,619 51.6 -2.3 Conservative Party (UK) Albert Profumo 5,272 48.4 +2.3 347 3.2 -4.6 10,891 91.1 +0.4 Liberal Party (UK) -2.3 Aftermath Partington retained the seat at the following General Election; General election January 1910: High Peak Liberal Party (UK) Oswald Partington 5,912 50.5 -1.1 Conservative Party (UK) Samuel Hill-Wood 5,806 49.5 +1.1 106 1.0 -2.2 11,718 94.4 +3.3 Liberal Party (UK) -1.1 References High Peak by-election High Peak by-election High Peak by-election Category:1900s in Derbyshire Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Derbyshire constituencies