Nottingham East by-election, 1912

The Nottingham East by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 19 April 1912. 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.

Electoral history

General Election December 1910: Nottingham East Electorate 13,014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Archibald Morrison	6,274	56.6
	Liberal	Dudley Stewart Smith	4,804	43.4
Majority				13.2
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Result

By-Election 19 April 1912: Nottingham East Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir John David Rees	6,482	65.2	+8.6
	Liberal	Thomas William Dobson	3,458	34.8	-8.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8.6

Aftermath

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: Nottingham East Electorate 13,875
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir John David Rees
	Labour	Thomas Proctor

General Election 14 December 1918: Nottingham East Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir John David Rees	9,549
	Labour	Thomas Proctor	2,817
	Independent	Joseph N Dennis Brookes	1,083
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

• Rees was the endorsed candidate of the Coalition Government.

References

1. Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 (1 ed.). London: Macmillan.
2. Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org
3. Who's Who: www.ukwhoswho.com
4. Debrett's House of Commons 1916