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1907 Colne Valley by-election

UK parliamentary by-election

Field	Value
election_name	1907 Colne Valley by-election
type	presidential
country	United Kingdom
previous_election	Colne Valley (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1900s
previous_year	1906
next_election	Colne Valley (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s
next_year	Jan. 1910
election_date	18 July 1907
candidate1	Victor Grayson
image1	[[File:Victor_Grayson.jpg	x150px]]
party1	Independent Labour
popular_vote1	3,648
percentage1	35.2%
candidate2	Philip Bright
image2	[[File:3x4.svg	x150px]]
party2	Liberal Party (UK)
popular_vote2	3,495
percentage2	33.7%
candidate3	Granville Wheler
image3	[[File:Granville_Wheler.jpg	x150px]]
party3	Conservative Party (UK)
popular_vote3	3,227
percentage3	31.1%
map_size	250px
title	MP
posttitle	Subsequent MP
before_election	Sir James Kitson
before_party	Liberal Party (UK)
after_election	Charles Leach
after_party	Liberal Party (UK)

The 1907 Colne Valley by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 18 July 1907. 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

Sir James Kitson had been Liberal MP for the seat of Colne Valley since the 1892 general election. He was created Baron Airedale on 17 July 1907 and resigned to take a seat in the House of Lords.

Electoral history

The seat was re-gained from the Liberal Unionists in 1892:

Candidates

Campaign poster reading "Colne Valley for Socialism."

The local Liberal Association selected Philip Bright to defend the seat. He was the son of John Bright the famous Free-trader. The Conservatives selected 35-year-old barrister, Granville Charles Hastings Wheler, later 1st (and last) Baronet of Otterden, as their candidate. He had contested Osgoldcross at the last general election.

Twenty-six-year-old Victor Grayson stood as an Independent Labour candidate, having been nominated by the Colne Valley Labour League. This was the local branch of the Independent Labour Party (ILP), but the ILP and Labour Party both decided against backing Grayson's candidacy. Grayson was born in Liverpool and became an apprentice engineer. He joined the Independent Labour Party and toured the country giving lectures, becoming a well-known orator despite having a stammer.

Polling Day was fixed for 18 July 1907.

Result

Grayson gained the seat:

Aftermath

Wheler was elected at Faversham at the next general election. Grayson was defeated by a new Liberal candidate:

References

Craig, F.W.S.. (1987). "Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987". Parliamentary Research Services.
(1981). "Colne Valley: Radicalism to Socialism". Longman.
[http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781349022984 British parliamentary election results 1885-1918], palgrave.com; accessed 5 May 2017.

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