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1908 Pudsey by-election

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Electoral history
Candidates
Campaign
Result
Aftermath
References

The Member of Parliament for Pudsey, the Rt. Hon. George Whiteley resigned from Parliament by accepting appointment as Steward of the Manor of Northstead, resulting in a by-election in the constituency.^[1]

Electoral history

{{Election box begin |
|title=General Election Saturday 20 January 1906

Electorate ^[2]

}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = George Whiteley
|votes = 7,043
|percentage = 66.5
|change = 14.1
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = C W Ford
|votes = 3,541
|percentage = 33.5
|change = -14.1
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,502
|percentage = 33.1
|change = 28.3
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 15,909
|percentage = 66.5
|change = -11.7
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}

Candidates

Frederick Ogden, John James Oddy and J. W. Benson were the three candidates. Eccentric poet Arthur Hunnable announced that he would contest the election, but failed to submit nomination papers.^[3]

Campaign

Polling Day was arranged for 20 June 1908, just 18 days after the retirement of the previous MP.

Result

{{Election box begin |
|title=Pudsey by-election, 1908^[4]

Electorate

}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John James Oddy
|votes = 5,444
|percentage = 45.1
|change = 11.7

}}{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Frederick Ogden
|votes = 5,331
|percentage = 44.2
|change = -22.4
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent Labour
|candidate = J. W. Benson
|votes = 1,291
|percentage = 10.7
|change = N/A

}}{{Election box majority|

|votes = 113
|percentage = 0.0
|change = -33.1
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 12066
|percentage = 78.3
|change = 11.7
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}

Aftermath

On 26 June, it was announced that Whiteley, the former MP, had been awarded a peerage and would take a seat in the House of Lords.^[5]

References

1. ^{{Citation | date = June 4, 1908 | title = Parliament - House Of Commons - New Writ | periodical = The Times | page =6}}
2. ^{{Citation | date = January 22, 1906 | title = The General Election - The Polls | periodical = The Times | page =10}}
3. ^"Pudsey by-election", Manchester Guardian, 8 June 1908
4. ^{{Citation | date = June 22, 1908 | title = Election Intelligence | periodical = The Times | page =9}}
5. ^A Liberal Chronicle: Journals and Papers of J.A. Pease

5 : By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Leeds constituencies|1908 in England|1908 elections in the United Kingdom|Pudsey|20th century in Yorkshire

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