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1909 Taunton by-election

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1909 Taunton by-election

← 1906 23 February 1909 Jan. 1910 →
 
Candidate Peel Smith
Party Conservative Labour
Popular vote 1,976 1,085
Percentage 64.6 35.4

MP before election

Sir Edward Boyle
Conservative

Subsequent MP

William Peel
Conservative

The Taunton by-election of 1909 was held on 23 February 1909. The by-election was held due to the ill health of the incumbent Conservative MP, Edward Boyle. It was won by the Conservative candidate William Peel,[1] previously the MP for Manchester South.

Peel
Taunton by-election, 1909 [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Peel 1,976 64.6 +9.5
Labour Frank Smith 1,085 35.4 n/a
Majority 891 29.2 +19.0
Turnout 3,061 80.4 -12.8
Conservative hold Swing n/a

References

  1. ^ http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
  2. ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)