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1907 Wimbledon by-election

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Candidate	Chaplin	Russell
Party	Conservative	Independent Liberal
Popular vote	10,263	3,299
Percentage	75.7%	24.3%

MP before election

Eric Hambro
Conservative

Subsequent MP

Henry Chaplin
Conservative

The 1907 Wimbledon by-election was held on 14 May 1907. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Eric Hambro, due to expanded business interests. It was won by the Conservative candidate Henry Chaplin, who defeated Independent Liberal candidate Bertrand Russell. Russell campaigned in support of women's suffrage.

Wimbledon by-election, 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Chaplin	10,263	75.7	+19.5
	Independent Liberal	Bertrand Russell	3,299	24.3	New
Majority			6,694	51.4	+39.0
Turnout			13,562	57.2	−20.1
Registered electors			23,702
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

References

"No. 28017". The London Gazette. 30 April 1907. p. 2915.
"Leigh Rayment - Commons". leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008.
"No. 28022". The London Gazette. 17 May 1907. p. 3436.
"Suffragettes 'in Trousers': How did men support votes for women?". The National Archives.
Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.

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