Keighley by-election, 1913

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

Sir Stanley Buckmaster

Buckmaster was appointed Solicitor General and required to fight another by-election.

Previous result

Keighley by-election, 1911 Electorate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Stanley Owen Buckmaster KC	4,667	39.0
	Conservative	William Mitchell Acworth	3,842	32.1
	Labour	William Crawford Anderson	3,452	28.9
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Candidates

Stanley Buckmaster

Viscount Lascelles

William Bland

Result

Keighley by-election, 1913 Electorate 14,142

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sir Stanley Owen Buckmaster	4,730	38.7	-0.3
	Unionist	Viscount Lascelles	3,852	31.5	-0.6
	Labour	William Bland	3,646	29.8	+0.9
Majority			878	7.2
Turnout				86.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.2

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.

General Election 1914/15: Electorate 14,400

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal
	Unionist
	Labour

• 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