1911 Bootle by-election
{{Short description|UK parliamentary by-election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox election
|election_name=1911 Bootle by-election
|type=presidential
|country=United Kingdom
|previous_election=Bootle (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s
|previous_year=Dec. 1910
|next_election=Bootle (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s
|next_year=1918
|election_date=27 March 1911
|candidate1=Bonar Law
|image1=85px
|party1=Conservative Party (UK)
|popular_vote1=9,976
|percentage1=56.2%
|candidate2=Muspratt
|image2=85px
|party2=Liberal Party (UK)
|popular_vote2=7,782
|percentage2=43.8%
|map_image=
|map_size=250px
|title=MP
|posttitle=Subsequent MP
|before_election=Thomas Sandys
|before_party=Conservative Party (UK)
|after_election=Thomas Royden
|after_party=Unionist Party (UK)
}}
The 1911 Bootle by-election was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Bootle in Merseyside on 27 March 1911. It was won by the Conservative Party candidate Bonar Law.
Vacancy
The seat had become vacant on 13 March 1911 when the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), 73-year-old Thomas Myles Sandys had resigned from the House of Commons by the procedural device of accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Northstead, a notional 'office of profit under the crown'. He had held the seat since the 1885 general election, and died on 18 October 1911.
Previous results
At the previous December 1910 general election, Conservative MP Thomas Sandys was elected unopposed. However, there was a previous contest at the General election in January:
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election January 1910: Bootle}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Sandys
|votes = 9,954
|percentage = 52.9
|change = +1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = W Permewan
|votes = 8,869
|percentage = 47.1
|change = -1.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,085
|percentage = 5.8
|change = +3.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 18,823
|percentage = 78.7
|change = +4.9
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Result
{{Election box begin | title=Bootle by-election, 1911}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Bonar Law
|votes = 9,976
|percentage = 56.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Max Muspratt
|votes = 7,782
|percentage = 43.8
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,194
|percentage = 12.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 17,758
|percentage = 69.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
The result was a victory for the Conservative candidate, Bonar Law, who won the seat with 56% of the votes. He did not contest Bootle in 1918, and was instead elected in the Glasgow Central constituency.
Bonar Law was later elected Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Commons, and went on to hold a series of ministerial positions before becoming Prime Minister for seven months from 1922 to 1923
See also
References
- {{Rayment-hc|date=March 2012}}
{{By-elections to the 30th UK Parliament}}
{{Bonar Law}}
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Category:1911 elections in the United Kingdom
Category:March 1911 in the United Kingdom
Category:Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton
Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Lancashire constituencies
Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Merseyside constituencies