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1912 Hythe by-election

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Electoral history
Candidates
Result
Aftermath
References

The Hythe by-election was a Parliamentary by-election. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

Electoral history

Sassoon was returned unopposed at the previous election. The previous election to that was contested and the result was as follows;

{{Election box begin | title=General Election January 1910: Hythe^[1]

Electorate 6,541}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =Edward Sassoon
|votes =3,746
|percentage =65.7
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = W Clarke Hall
|votes = 1,954
|percentage =34.3
|change =
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes =1,792
|percentage =31.4
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage =87.1
|change =
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}

Candidates

Edward Sassoon

S Moorhouse

Result

Sassoon held his seat, however compared with the January 1910 election result, his Unionist majority dropped slightly;

{{Election box begin | title=Hythe by-election, 1912^[2]

Electorate 6,964}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate =Philip Sassoon
|votes =3,722
|percentage =65.0
|change =-0.7
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = S Moorhouse
|votes = 2,004
|percentage =35.0
|change =+0.7
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes =1,718
|percentage =30.0
|change =-1.4
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage =82.2
|change =
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing =-0.7
}}{{Election box end}}

Aftermath

A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidate had been adopted to contest that election;

Unionist: Philip Sassoon
Liberal: William Deedes

Due to the outbreak of war, the election didn't take place until 1918;

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 14 December 1918: Hythe^[3]

Electorate 19,896}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate =*Philip Sassoon
|votes =8,809
|percentage =
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =Robert William Forsyth
|votes =3,427
|percentage =
|change =
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}

Sassoon was the endorsed candidate of the Coalition Government.

References

1. ^British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, F.W.S. Craig
2. ^British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, F.W.S. Craig
3. ^British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, F.W.S. Craig

5 : 1912 elections in the United Kingdom|By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Kent constituencies|1912 in England|Folkestone and Hythe|20th century in Kent

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