1912 Nottingham East by-election

The Nottingham East by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 19 April 1912. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected through the first past the post voting system.

Electoral history

General election December 1910: Nottingham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Morrison	6,274	56.6
	Liberal	Dudley Stewart-Smith	4,804	43.4
Majority			1,470	13.2
Turnout			11,078
	Conservative hold		Swing

Candidates

Dobson

Result

John David Rees held the seat for the Conservative Party.

Rees

Nottingham East by-election, 1912

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John David Rees	6,482	55.7	−0.9
	Liberal	Thomas Dobson	5,158	44.3	+0.9
Majority			1,324	11.4	−1.8
Turnout			11,640
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aftermath

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. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.

General Election 1914/15: Nottingham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John David Rees
	Labour	Tom Proctor

General election 14 December 1918: Nottingham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John David Rees	9,549	71.0
	Labour	Tom Proctor	2,817	20.9	New
	Independent	Joseph N Dennis Brookes	1,083	9.1	New
Majority			6,732	50.1
Turnout			13,449
	Unionist hold		Swing

• Rees was the endorsed candidate of the Coalition Government.

References

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