1907 Belfast North by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

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Candidate	Clark	Walker
Party	Irish Unionist	Labour
Popular vote	6,021	4,194
Percentage	58.9%	41.1%

MP before election

Sir Daniel Dixon
Irish Unionist

Subsequent MP

Robert Thompson
Irish Unionist

The 1907 Belfast North by-election was held on 17 April 1907. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Irish Unionist MP, Daniel Dixon. It was won by the Irish Unionist candidate George Clark. North Belfast had previously been a marginal seat with the Labour candidate, William Walker, coming within 500 votes of winning on the two previous occasions. In order to win over Protestant voters, Walker made clear that he was opposed to Home Rule

1907 Belfast North by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	George Smith Clark	6,021	58.9	+7.4
	Labour	William Walker	4,194	41.1	−7.4
Majority			1,827	17.8	+14.7
Turnout			10,215	84.7	+1.1
Registered electors			12,065
	Irish Unionist hold		Swing	+7.4

External links

A Vision Of Britain Through Time

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.

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