1912 Hythe by-election
Appearance
The Hythe by-election was a Parliamentary by-election. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
Electoral history
Sassoon was returned unopposed at the previous election. The previous election to that was contested and the result was as follows;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Sassoon | 3,746 | 65.7 | ||
Liberal | W Clarke Hall | 1,954 | 34.3 | ||
Majority | 1,792 | 31.4 | |||
Turnout | 87.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Candidates
S Moorhouse
Result
Sassoon held his seat, however compared with the January 1910 election result, his Unionist majority dropped slightly;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Philip Sassoon | 3,722 | 65.0 | −0.7 | |
Liberal | S Moorhouse | 2,004 | 35.0 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 1,718 | 30.0 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 82.2 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | -0.7 |
Aftermath
A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidate had been adopted to contest that election;
- Unionist: Philip Sassoon
- Liberal: William Deedes
Due to the outbreak of war, the election didn't take place until 1918;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | 8,809 | ||||
Labour | Robert William Forsyth | 3,427 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
- Sassoon was the endorsed candidate of the Coalition Government.