1911 Bootle by-election

The Bootle by-election, 1911 was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Bootle in Merseyside on 27 March 1911. It was won by the Conservative Party candidate Bonar Law.

1911 Bootle by-election
27 March 1911
 
Candidate Bonar Law Muspratt
Party Conservative Liberal
Popular vote 9,976 7,782
Percentage 56.2 43.8
MP before election

Thomas Sandys
Conservative

 Subsequent MP

Thomas Royden
Unionist

Vacancy

The seat had become vacant on 13 March 1911 when the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), 73-year-old Thomas Myles Sandys had resigned from the House of Commons by the procedural device of accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Northstead, a notional 'office of profit under the crown'. He had held the seat since the 1885 general election, and died on 18 October 1911.

Previous results

At the previous December 1910 general election, Conservative MP Thomas Sandys was elected unopposed. However, there was a previous contest at the General election in January:

General election January 1910: Bootle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Sandys 9,954 52.9 +1.8
Liberal W Permewan 8,869 47.1 -1.8
Majority 1,085 5.8 +3.6
Turnout 18,823 78.7 +4.9
Conservative hold Swing

Result
Bootle by-election, 1911
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bonar Law 9,976 56.2 N/A
Liberal Max Muspratt 7,782 43.8 New
Majority 2,194 12.4 N/A
Turnout 17,758 69.7 N/A
Conservative hold Swing

The result was a victory for the Conservative candidate, Bonar Law, who won the seat with 56% of the votes. He did not contest Bootle in 1918, and was instead elected in the Glasgow Central constituency.

Bonar Law was later elected Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Commons, and went on to hold a series of ministerial positions before becoming Prime Minister for seven months from 1922 to 1923

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