1907 Stepney by-election

{{Short description|UK Parliamentary by-election}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2019}}

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{{Infobox election

|election_name=1907 Stepney by-election

|type=presidential

|country=United Kingdom

|previous_election=Stepney (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1900s

|previous_year=1906

|next_election=Stepney (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s

|next_year=Jan. 1910

|election_date=10 May 1907

|candidate1=Harris

|image1=85px

|party1=Conservative Party (UK)

|popular_vote1=2,299

|percentage1=63.0%

|candidate2=Cooper

|image2=85px

|party2=Liberal-Labour (UK)

|popular_vote2=1,350

|percentage2=37.0%

|map_image=File:Stepney1885.png

|map_size=250px

|title=MP

|posttitle=Subsequent MP

|before_election=William Evans-Gordon

|before_party=Conservative Party (UK)

|after_election=Leverton Harris

|after_party=Conservative Party (UK)

}}

The 1907 Stepney by-election was held on 10 May 1907. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, William Evans-Gordon. It was won by the Conservative candidate Frederick Leverton Harris.{{Rayment-hc|date=May 2021}}

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|title=Stepney by-election, 1907

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Leverton Harris

|votes = 2,299

|percentage = 63.0

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal-Labour (UK)

|candidate = Ben Cooper

|votes = 1,350

|percentage = 37.0

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 949

|percentage = 26.0

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 5,621

|percentage = 64.9

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +5.7

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References

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{{By-elections to the 28th UK Parliament}}

Stepney by-election

Stepney,1907

Stepney by-election

Category:Stepney

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