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UK Parliamentary by-election

1907 Stepney by-election

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Candidate	Harris	Cooper
Party	Conservative	Lib-Lab
Popular vote	2,299	1,350
Percentage	63.0%	37.0%

MP before election

William Evans-Gordon
Conservative

Subsequent MP

Leverton Harris
Conservative

The 1907 Stepney by-election 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.

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

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

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