1913 Keighley by-election
{{Short description|UK parliamentary by-election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1913 Keighley by-election
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election =
| previous_year =
| election_date = {{Start date|1913|11|11|df=y}}
| next_election =
| next_year =
| 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 = {{decrease}} 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 = {{decrease}} 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 = {{increase}} 0.9 pp
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| 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.{{cite book |last=Craig |first=F.W.S. |date=1987 |title=Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987 |location=Chichester |publisher=Parliamentary Research Services |page=108}} 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
{{Election box begin | title=Keighley by-election, 1913}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Stanley Buckmaster
|votes = 4,730
|percentage =38.7
|change =-0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate =Henry Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles
|votes =3,852
|percentage =31.5
|change =-0.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =William Bland
|votes =3,646
|percentage =29.8
|change =+0.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes =878
|percentage =7.2
|change = +0.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 12,228
|percentage = 86.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 14,142
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =+0.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
Previous result
{{Election box begin | title=1911 Keighley by-election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Stanley Buckmaster
|votes = 4,667
|percentage =39.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =William Mitchell Acworth
|votes =3,842
|percentage =32.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =William Crawford Anderson
|votes =3,452
|percentage =28.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 825
|percentage = 7.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 11,961
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
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.
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1914/15}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 14,400
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Another by-election occurred in Keighley in 1915 when Buckmaster accepted a seat in the House of Lords.
References
{{reflist}}
- 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
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