1907 Bury St Edmunds by-election

The 1907 Bury St Edmunds by-election was held on 24 August 1907. The by-election was held due to the succession to the peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, Frederick Hervey who become the Fourth Marquess of Bristol. It was won by the Conservative candidate Walter Guinness.^[1]

Campaign[edit]

The by-election was a strong campaigning ground for the suffragette movement and the Women's Social and Political Union made it a target for propaganda sending high level members, including Gladice Keevil, Nellie Martel, Emmeline Pankhurst, Aeta Lamb, Rachel Barrett and Elsa Gye.^[2]

Result[edit]

Bury St Edmunds by-election, 1907^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Guinness	1,631	68.8	+10.2
	Liberal	Walter Baldwyn Yates	741	31.2	-10.2
Majority			890	37.6	+20.4
Turnout			2,372	86.6	-4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.2

References[edit]

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
^ Crawford, Elizabeth (2003). The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928. Routledge. p. 35. ISBN 9781135434021.
^ "The Bury St Edmunds Election". Grantham Journal. 31 August 1907. Retrieved 5 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907

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[1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

[2] Crawford, Elizabeth (2003). The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928. Routledge. p. 35. ISBN 9781135434021.

[3] "The Bury St Edmunds Election". Grantham Journal. 31 August 1907. Retrieved 5 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[ReferenceB-4] The Liberal Year Book, 1907

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