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1922 City of London by-election

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Field	Value
election_name	1922 City of London by-election
popular_vote2	6,178
turnout	36.96%
after_party	Unionist Party (UK)
after_election	Edward Grenfell
before_party	Unionist Party (UK)
before_election	Arthur Balfour
posttitle	Subsequent MP
title	MP
map_image	File:CityofLondon1918.png
percentage2	37.92%
party2	Independent Unionist
type	parliamentary
image2	[[File:Bowater 4586276615 645365ed26 o (3x4 crop).jpg	x160px]]
candidate2	Vansittart Bowater
percentage1	62.08%
popular_vote1	10,114
party1	Unionist Party (UK)
image1	UP
candidate1	Edward Grenfell
election_date	19 May 1922
next_year	1922 (GE)
next_election	1922 United Kingdom general election
previous_year	1918
previous_election	1918 United Kingdom general election
country	United Kingdom
seats_for_election	Constituency of City of London
map_caption	A map of parliamentary constituencies within the County of London at the time of the by-election, with City of London highlighted in ****.

The 1922 City of London by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 19 May 1922 for the British House of Commons constituency of City of London, which covered the "Square Mile" which was the United Kingdom's traditional financial district.

The seat had become vacant on the elevation to the peerage of one of the constituency's two Unionist Members of Parliament (MPs), Arthur James Balfour, as the Earl of Balfour.

Balfour had held the seat since a by-election in 1906, following his defeat at Manchester East in the 1906 general election. He had also been prime minister between 1902 and 1905.

Candidates

The Unionist Party selected as its candidate Edward Grenfell, who was a director of the Bank of England. Sir Vansittart Bowater, who had been Lord Mayor of London in 1913, stood as an Independent Unionist.

Result

Turnout was unsurprisingly low in the first contested election in the City since the first 1910 general election. Grenfell won the seat by a convincing margin.

Curiously, Bowater would go on to be elected as the official Unionist candidate at a by-election in 1924, and he and Grenfell would share the representation of the City until 1935.

Previous election

References

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