The 1913 Flint Boroughs by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 21 January 1913.[1] The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

Vacancy

James Summers who had been Liberal MP for Flint Boroughs since January 1910, died on 1 January 1913.

Previous result

General election December 1910
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Woolley Summers 2,098 56.9 +1.4
Conservative Henry Richard Lloyd Howard 1,589 43.1 -1.4
Majority 509 13.8 +2.8
Turnout 3,687 90.8 -4.6
Registered electors 4,060
Liberal hold Swing +1.4

Candidates

The Liberals selected Thomas Parry to defend the seat. The constituency included Parry's home town of Mold where he was a prominent lawyer.

Campaign

The Liberals had held the seat since gaining it from the Conservatives in 1847.

Result

The Liberal Party held the seat with a reduced majority.

Thomas Parry
1913 Flint Boroughs by-election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Henry Parry 2,152 52.6 -4.3
Unionist J. Hamlet Roberts 1,941 47.4 +4.3
Majority 211 5.2 -8.6
Turnout 4,093 94.1 +3.3
Registered electors 4,350
Liberal hold Swing -4.3

Aftermath

A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the summer of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.[3]

General Election 1914/15
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Henry Parry
Unionist J. Hamlet Roberts
Registered electors 4,560

The constituency disappeared in boundary changes in 1918 so Parry transferred to the county seat of Flintshire. Parry received the coalition government coupon at the 1918 general election and was returned unopposed[4]

References

  1. ↑ Craig, F.W.S. (1987). Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 108.
  2. ↑ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918. p. 457. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-02298-4. hdl:2027/mdp.39015032111430. ISBN 978-1-349-02300-4.
  3. ↑ Cheshire Observer. 1 August 1914. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ The Constitutional Year Book. National Unionist Association of Conservative and Liberal Unionist Organizations, Conservative Central Office. 1929. p. 262.

Further reading

  • Debrett's House of Commons 1916
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