North Cumberland by-election, 1926

The North Cumberland by-election of 1926 was held on 17 September 1926. The by-election was held due to the succession to the peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, Donald Howard. It was won by the Conservative candidate Fergus Graham.^[1]

North Cumberland by-election, 1926[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Frederick Fergus Graham	8,867	47.8	-6.4
	Liberal	Richard Durning Holt	6,871	37.1	+2.2
	Labour	H. W. McIntyre	2,793	15.1	+4.2
Majority				10.7
Turnout				82.0
	Unionist hold		Swing

References

1. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
2. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig (See F. W. S. Craig#Bibliography)