Haddingtonshire by-election, 1911

The Haddingtonshire by-election was a Parliamentary by-election. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

Previous result

General Election December 1910: Electorate 8,184
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Burdon Haldane	3,845	54.9
	Conservative	Benjamin Hall Blyth	3,158	45.1
Majority				9.8
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Result

By-Election 19 April 1911: Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Deans Hope	3,652
	Conservative	Benjamin Hall Blyth	3,184
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Aftermath

In 1912, after three unsuccessful attempts, the local Conservative Association replaced Blyth with a new candidate, Mansfield Hunter, who was replaced in 1913 by H. P. Macmillan. A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.

General Election 1914/15: Electorate 8,135
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Deans Hope
	Unionist	Hugh Pattison Macmillan

The constituency was merged into the new Berwick & Haddington constituency for the 1918 elections. Tennant had represented the Berwick part. Hope was given the Coalition government coupon.

General Election 14 December 1918: Electorate 32,763
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Deans Hope	8,584
	Unionist	Robert W Foulis	4,783
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Harold John Tennant	2,557
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

References

• 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