Jarrow by-election, 1907

The Jarrow by-election of 1907 was held on 4 July 1907.

Vacancy

The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Liberal MP, Charles Palmer.[1]

Electoral history

At the 1906 general election Palmer had had a straight fight with Labour;

Sir Chas. Palmer
General Election 1906: Jarrow

Electorate 17,023

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Charles Mark Palmer 8,047 61.2
Labour Peter Francis Curran 5,093 38.8
Majority 2,954 22.4
Turnout 13,140 77.2
Liberal hold Swing

Candidates

S. Leigh Hughes

The sitting Liberal MP, the 84-year-old Sir Charles Palmer, had announced that he did not intend to stand for Parliament at the next election and the local Liberals had already selected Spencer Leigh Hughes as his replacement.[2] Hughes’ opportunity to get into Parliament came quickly as Sir Charles died on 4 June 1907 thus causing a by-election at which Hughes was adopted as Liberal candidate. Hughes faced, Labour, Conservative and Irish Parliamentary Party opponents.[3]

Result

Jarrow by-election, 1907

Electorate 17,195

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Francis Curran 4,698 33.0 -5.8
Conservative Patrick Rose-Innes 3,930 27.6 N/A
Liberal Spencer Leigh Hughes 3,474 24.4 -36.8
Irish Parliamentary John O'Hanlon 2,122 14.9 N/A
Majority 768 5.4 -12.0
Turnout 14,224 82.7 +5.5
Labour gain from Liberal Swing

Aftermath

For Curran, it was a short-lived triumph as he was unseated by another Liberal at the following General Election in January 1910. Rose-Innes did not stand for parliament again. In 1909 Hughes was the unsuccessful Liberal candidate at the Bermondsey by-election, 1909. The Irish Nationalists never again ran a candidate in Jarrow.

General Election January 1910: Jarrow[4]

Electorate 18,292

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Godfrey Mark Palmer 4,885 34.0 +9.4
Labour Peter Francis Curran 4,818 33.5 +0.4
Conservative James Kirkley 4,668 32.5 +4.9
Majority 67 0.5
Turnout 14,371 78.6
Liberal gain from Labour Swing +4.5

External links

Regional Identities in North-East England, 1300-2000: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OITlDsCSeMcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Regional+Identities+in+North-East+England,+1300-2000&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uMVcU9OHCbDH7Aac8oDwBw&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

References

  1. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
  2. The Times, 23 May 1907 p7
  3. Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885–1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 271. ISBN 0-333-16903-4.
  4. Times House of Commons, 1910; Politico’s Publishing, 2004 p62
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