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1911 North Ayrshire by-election

By-election in the United Kingdom

Field	Value
election_name	1911 North Ayrshire by-election
popular_vote2	7,047
swing2	2.1%
swing1	2.1%
turnout	84.9% (0.4%)
after_party	Unionist Party (UK)
after_election	Duncan Campbell
before_party	Unionist Party (UK)
before_election	Andrew Anderson
posttitle	Subsequent MP
title	MP
percentage2	49.1%
party2	Liberal Party (UK)
type	parliamentary
image2	Lib
candidate2	Andrew Anderson
percentage1	50.9%
popular_vote1	7,318
party1	Unionist Party (UK)
image1	[[File:Duncan Frederick Campbell (3x4 crop).jpg	x160px]]
candidate1	Duncan Campbell
election_date	20 December 1911
next_year	1916
next_election	1916 North Ayrshire by-election
previous_year	Dec. 1910
previous_election	December 1910 United Kingdom general election
country	United Kingdom
registered	16,926
seats_for_election	Constituency of North Ayrshire

The 1911 North Ayrshire by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 20 December 1911. 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

Andrew Anderson, the Liberal MP since he gained the seat in January 1910 from the Unionists, was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland, a law officer of the Crown. In accordance with the constitutional arrangements of the day, he was obliged to resign as an MP and fight a by-election.

Electoral history

Candidates

Anderson's Unionist opponent was again Capt. Duncan Frederick Campbell who had stood here last time. He had contested Mid-Lanark in 1906 and Paisley in January 1910 without success.

There was no Labour candidate, even though they had contested the seat in 1906 and January 1910, finishing a poor third on both occasions.

Campaign

The contest was dominated by the government's legislation on National Insurance and the uncertainties this legislation would produce for individual electors, particularly small manufacturers and shopkeepers.

Result

The Conservative Party gained the seat.

Although there was no Labour candidate, Anderson was thought to have lost some support among working-class voters because of his opposition to Labour candidates in other recent elections. After six years of Liberal government, the electors of North Ayrshire reverted to their more traditional allegiances, perhaps rebelling against the background of the rapid social changes being introduced by H H Asquith's reforming administration.

Aftermath

After the election, Anderson agreed to be re-adopted as prospective Liberal candidate for North Ayrshire, expressing a wish to contest the seat again. A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.

Unionist Party: Duncan Campbell
Liberal Party: Andrew Anderson Campbell was killed in action in 1916.

References

Craig, F.W.S.. (1987). "Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987". Parliamentary Research Services.
The Times, 20 December 1911 p10
The Times, 22 December 1911 p7
The Times, 23 January 1912 p7

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