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1907 Brigg by-election

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Candidate	Sheffield	Guest
Party	Conservative	Liberal
Popular vote	5,389	5,273
Percentage	50.5%	49.5%

MP before election

Harold Reckitt
Liberal

Subsequent MP

Alfred Gelder
Liberal

The 1907 Brigg by-election was held on 26 February 1907. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Liberal MP, Harold Reckitt. It was won by the Conservative candidate Berkeley Sheffield.

History

General election 1906: Brigg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harold Reckitt	5,753	58.8	+4.2
	Conservative	Geoffrey Henry Julian Skeffington Smyth	4,027	41.2	−4.2
Majority			1,726	17.6	+8.4
Turnout			9,780	83.3	−0.5
Registered electors			11,737
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.2

Result

Brigg by-election, 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Berkeley Sheffield	5,389	50.5	+9.3
	Liberal	Frederick Guest	5,273	49.5	−9.3
Majority			116	1.0	N/A
Turnout			10,662	89.5	+6.2
Registered electors			11,908
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.3

Aftermath

General election January 1910: Brigg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Gelder	6,548	50.9	+1.4
	Conservative	Berkeley Sheffield	6,311	49.1	−1.4
Majority			237	1.8	N/A
Turnout			12,859	91.5	+2.0
Registered electors			14,048
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+1.4

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
^ Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 337. ISBN 9781349022984.

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