1907 Wimbledon by-election

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

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

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

{{Infobox election

|election_name=1907 Wimbledon by-election

|type=presidential

|country=United Kingdom

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

|previous_year=1906

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

|next_year=Jan. 1910

|election_date=14 May 1907

|candidate1=Chaplin

|image1=85px

|party1=Conservative Party (UK)

|popular_vote1=10,263

|percentage1=75.7%

|candidate2=Russell

|image2=85px

|party2=Independent Liberal

|popular_vote2=3,299

|percentage2=24.3%

|map_image=

|map_size=250px

|title=MP

|posttitle=Subsequent MP

|before_election=Eric Hambro

|before_party=Conservative Party (UK)

|after_election=Henry Chaplin

|after_party=Conservative Party (UK)

}}

The 1907 Wimbledon by-election was held on 14 May 1907. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Eric Hambro, due to expanded business interests.{{London Gazette|issue=28017|page=2915|date=30 April 1907}} It was won by the Conservative candidate Henry Chaplin,{{cite web|url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022521/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm|archive-date=7 June 2008|title=Leigh Rayment - Commons|url-status=dead|website=leighrayment.com}}{{London Gazette

|issue= 28022

|date=17 May 1907

|page=3436

}} who defeated Independent Liberal candidate Bertrand Russell. Russell campaigned in support of women's suffrage.{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/suffragettes-in-trousers/ |title=Suffragettes 'in Trousers': How did men support votes for women? |website=The National Archives}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=Wimbledon by-election, 1907{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Chaplin

|votes = 10,263

|percentage = 75.7

|change =+19.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Liberal

|candidate = Bertrand Russell

|votes = 3,299

|percentage = 24.3

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 6,694

|percentage = 51.4

|change = +39.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 13,562

|percentage = 57.2

|change = -20.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 23,702

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}