| 词条 | February 1920 The Wrekin by-election |
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The Wrekin by-election of 1920 was held on 7 February 1920. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Coalition Liberal MP, Sir Charles Henry Bt. It was won by the Independent Conservative candidate Charles Frederick Palmer,[1] who was backed by Horatio Bottomley's Independent Parliamentary Group. Although forced out of Parliament through bankruptcy in 1912, Bottomley had come back as an Independent in his old seat of Hackney South in 1918. He formed the Independent Parliamentary Group and sensed the growing unpopularity of the Coalition and the reluctance of many working men and women to give wholehearted support to a Labour Party still feared as introducing the novelty of socialism to British politics. Bottomley knew from his own brand of populist, jingoistic, politics that, as Palmer put it, "there is an immense body of sound opinion in the working classes which ranges itself on the side of King and Constitution."[2] In this climate, Bottomley understood that here was an opportunity to try add create a new third force in Parliament, anticipating the upsurge of opinion which was to produce good results for Anti-Waste candidates in the coming months. He persuaded Palmer to stand for election in The Wrekin and in a three-cornered contest against a Coalition Liberal and a Labour candidate, Palmer – without the advantages of local organisation or local connections and strongly supported by Bottomley himself – won a stunning and unexpected victory. The Coalition candidate, John Bayley, who had been closely associated with the previous MP and was well known locally as principal of Wellington College could only come in a poor third place. {{Election box begin | title=The Wrekin by-election, 1920 (February)[3]}}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent Conservative |candidate = Charles Frederick Palmer |votes = 9,267 |percentage = 40.7 |change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Charles Duncan |votes = 8,729 |percentage = 38.4 |change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link coalition 1918| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = John Bayley |votes = 4,750 |percentage = 20.9 |change = N/A }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 738 |percentage = 3.7 |change = −12.9 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 20,502 |percentage = 82.3 |change = +13.9 }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }}{{Election box end 1918}} Palmer died on 25 October 1920 from double pneumonia and pleurisy after catching a chill during a visit to the Wrekin.[4] Another by-election was held in November, also won by a Conservative opposed to the coalition, Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend. References1. ^http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm {{By-elections to the 31st UK Parliament}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wrekin by-election, 1920 (February)}}{{England-UK-Parl-by-election-stub}}2. ^The Times, 21 February 1920 p14 3. ^F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow, 1949 p453 4. ^The Times, 26 October 1920 p7 5 : 1920 elections in the United Kingdom|1920 in England|20th century in Shropshire|Telford and Wrekin|By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Shropshire constituencies |
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