1907 Jarrow by-election

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

1907 Jarrow by-election
4 July 1907
 
Candidate Curran Rose-Innes Hughes
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Popular vote 4,698 3,930 3,474
Percentage 33.0 27.6 24.4
 
Candidate O'Hanlon
Party Irish Parliamentary
Popular vote 2,122
Percentage 14.9
MP before election

Sir Charles Palmer
Liberal

 Subsequent MP

Godfrey Palmer
Liberal

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;

Palmer
General election 1906: Jarrow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Palmer 8,047 61.2
Labour Repr. Cmte. Pete Curran 5,093 38.8
Majority 2,954 22.4
Turnout 13,140 77.2
Liberal hold Swing

Candidates

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
Curran
Jarrow by-election, 1907
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pete Curran 4,698 33.0 -5.8
Conservative Patrick Rose-Innes 3,930 27.6 New
Liberal Spencer Leigh Hughes 3,474 24.4 -36.8
Irish Parliamentary John O'Hanlon 2,122 14.9 New
Majority 768 5.4 N/A
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 1909 Bermondsey by-election. The Irish Nationalists never again ran a candidate in Jarrow.

General election January 1910: Jarrow[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Godfrey Mark Palmer 4,885 34.0 +9.4
Labour Pete Curran 4,818 33.5 +0.4
Conservative James Kirkley 4,668 32.5 +4.9
Majority 67 0.5 N/A
Turnout 14,371 78.6 -4.1
Liberal gain from Labour Swing +4.5

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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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