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1911 Kilmarnock Burghs by-election

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Vacancy
Electoral history
Candidates
Campaign
Result
Aftermath
References

The Kilmarnock Burghs by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 26 September 1911. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. The constituency consisted of five parliamentary burghs: Kilmarnock in the county of Ayr, Dumbarton in the county of Dumbarton, Rutherglen in the county of Lanark and Renfrew and Port Glasgow in the county of Renfrew.

Vacancy

Adam Rolland Rainy had been Liberal MP for Kilmarnock Burghs since gaining the seat from the Conservatives in 1906. He died on 26 August 1911 at the youthful age of 49, causing the by-election.

Electoral history

Dr Rainy's Liberal victory in 1906 coincided with the landslide win for his party across the UK. However, when the Liberals lost ground in January 1910, Rainy managed to increase his majority. That comfortable win was confirmed 11 months later;

{{Election box begin | title=General Election December 1910: Kilmarnock Burghs^[1]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Adam Rolland Rainy
|votes = 8,657
|percentage =60.9
|change =-0.2
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =James Buyers Black
|votes =5,569
|percentage =39.1
|change =+0.2
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes =3,088
|percentage =21.8
|change =-0.4
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =14,226
|percentage =86.4
|change =
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =-0.2
}}{{Election box end}}

Candidates

Twenty-six-year-old William Glynne Charles Gladstone was chosen as the new Liberal candidate. He was a grandson of the former Liberal Prime Minister, William Gladstone and the son of former Liberal MP, William Henry Gladstone. In 1909, Gladstone was the Assistant Private Secretary to John Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen who was serving as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.^[2] In early 1911, he served for a few months at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C. as an Honorary Attaché.^[2]^[3] This was his first election as a candidate.
The Conservatives chose a new candidate in 57-year-old Sir John David Rees. He was a former colonial administrator in India. He was a former Liberal MP for Montgomery Boroughs until December 1910 when he did not defend his seat. He crossed the floor before the dissolution of parliament November 1910.^[4]
A Labour party candidate, in the form of 29-year-old Thomas McKerrell appeared for the first time. At the last election, he had contested Liverpool Kirkdale. He sat on the executives of the Scottish and British Miners unions.^[5] He had been a Kilmarnock magistrate. He was the organiser of the Ayrshire Miners Union.^[6] He was a member of Kilmarnock Town Council.

Campaign

Result

{{Election box begin | title=Kilmarnock Burghs by-election, 1911^[7]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Will Gladstone
|votes = 6,923
|percentage =48.3
|change =-12.6
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =John David Rees
|votes =4,637
|percentage =32.4
|change =-6.7
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas McKerrell
|votes =2,761
|percentage =19.3
|change =n/a
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes =2,286
|percentage =15.9
|change =-5.9
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =14,321
|percentage =
|change =
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =-3.0
}}{{Election box end}}

Aftermath

Rees was to get elected at the Nottingham East by-election, 1912. 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.

Liberal: Will Gladstone
Unionist:
Labour:

Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place. In 1915 while serving in France, Gladstone was Killed in action. This resulted in the Kilmarnock Burghs by-election, 1915 in which the Liberal Alexander Shaw was returned unopposed. McKerrell did not stand for parliament again.

References

1. ^British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 by Craig, F.W.S. (1974)
2. ^¹{{cite news|title=WILLIAM G. C. GLADSTONE|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/29th-june-1918/14/william-g-c-gladstone|accessdate=17 January 2014|newspaper=The Spectator|date=28 June 1918|pages=14–15}}
3. ^{{cite news|title=W G C Gladstone an MP|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/09/28/105031843.pdf|accessdate=17 January 2014|newspaper=New York Times|date=28 September 1911}}
4. ^"Portraits and Personal Notes." Illustrated London News [London, England] 16 Sept. 1911: 434. Illustrated London News. Web. 5 Mar. 2014.
5. ^"Speeches On The Crisis." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1912: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 5 Mar. 2014.
6. ^"Kilmarnock Burghs Election." Times [London, England] 11 Sept. 1911: 5. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 5 Mar. 2014.
7. ^British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 by Craig, F. W. S. (1974)

5 : 1911 elections in the United Kingdom|1911 in Scotland|By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Scottish constituencies|Politics of Kilmarnock|September 1911 events

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