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1913 Keighley by-election

UK parliamentary by-election

Summary

UK parliamentary by-election

Field	Value
election_name	1913 Keighley by-election
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
election_date
seats_for_election	Keighley constituency
turnout	86.5%
image1	Circa_1910_Stanley_Buckmaster.jpg
candidate1	Stanley Buckmaster
party1	Liberal Party (UK)
popular_vote1	4,730
percentage1	38.7%
swing1	0.3 pp
image2	Henry_Lascelles,_Earl_of_Harewood.jpg
candidate2	The Viscount Lascelles
party2	Unionist Party (UK)
popular_vote2	3,852
percentage2	31.5%
swing2	0.6 pp
candidate3	William Bland
image3	William Bland - Keighley (3x4 crop).png
party3	Labour Party (UK)
popular_vote3	3,646
percentage3	29.8%
swing3	0.9 pp
title	MP
before_election	Stanley Buckmaster
before_party	Liberal
after_election	Stanley Buckmaster
after_party	Liberal
country	United Kingdom

The 1913 Keighley by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 11 November 1913. 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.

The incumbent, Sir Stanley Buckmaster of the Liberal Party, had been elected for the constituency in the 1911 Keighley by-election. He was required to fight another by-election on his appointment as Solicitor General for England and Wales. Henry Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles, the 30-year old heir to the Earl of Harewood, whose peerage he succeeded to in 1929, and future husband of Mary, Princess Royal, was the candidate for the Conservative Party. William Bland, a local trade unionist member of local Independent Labour Party was endorsed by the national Labour Party to fight in the by-election.

The Liberal Party held the seat as Buckmaster was re-elected.

Result

|reg. electors = 14,142

Previous election

Aftermath

A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. The Yorkshire branch of the Independent Labour Party were keen to run a candidate. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.

|reg. electors = 14,400

Another by-election occurred in Keighley in 1915 when Buckmaster accepted a seat in the House of Lords.

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

References

Craig, F.W.S.. (1987). "Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987". Parliamentary Research Services.

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