1907 Stepney by-election

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1907 Stepney by-election

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Candidate Harris Cooper
Party Conservative Liberal
Popular vote 2,299 1,350
Percentage 63.0 37.0


MP before election

William Evans-Gordon
Conservative

Subsequent MP

Leverton Harris
Conservative

The Stepney by-election of 1907 was held on 10 May 1907. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, William Evans-Gordon. It was won by the Conservative candidate Frederick Leverton Harris.[1]

Stepney by-election, 1907
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Leverton Harris 2,299 63.0
Lib-Lab Ben Cooper 1,350 37.0
Majority 949 26.0
Turnout 5,621 64.9
Conservative hold Swing +5.7

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