1. Vacancy

2. Previous result

3. Candidates

4. Campaign

5. Result

6. Aftermath

7. References

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

Vacancy

The incumbent, Sir Stanley Buckmaster was appointed Solicitor General and required to fight another by-election.

Previous result

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Candidates

Henry Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles - 30-year old heir to the Earl of Harewood, whose peerage he succeeded to in 1929, and future husband of Princess Mary, Princess Royal.

William Bland - local trade unionist member of local Independent Labour Party who was endorsed by the national Labour Party.

Campaign

Result

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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.

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• The Yorkshire branch of the Independent Labour Party were keen to run a candidate.

Another by-election occurred in Keighley in 1915 when Buckmaster accepted a seat in the House of Lords.

References

• Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 (1 ed.). London: Macmillan.
• Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org
• Who's Who: www.ukwhoswho.com
• Debrett's House of Commons 1916

• Phil Streich
• Phil Stremmel
• Phil stubbins
• Phil Stubbins
• Phil Subha Hogi
• Phil Sumner
• Phil Surks
• Phil Swainston
• Phil swainston
• Phil Sykes
• Phil Sykes (disambiguation)
• Phil Tabor
• Phil Tabor (American football)
• Phil tagami
• Phil Tagami
• Phil Tan
• Phil tate
• Phil Tate
• Phil Tautarangi
• Phil Taylor (American football)
• Phil Taylor (rugby union)
• Phil Taylor (The Apprentice)
• Phil TCD
• Phil&teds
• Phil&teds (strollers)