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UK Parliamentary by-election

1909 Croydon by-election

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Candidate	Hermon-Hodge	Raphael	Smith
Party	Conservative	Liberal	Labour
Popular vote	11,989	8,041	886
Percentage	57.4%	38.4%	4.2%

MP before election

H. O. Arnold-Forster
Liberal Unionist

Subsequent MP

Robert Hermon-Hodge
Conservative

The 1909 Croydon by-election was held on 29 March 1909. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Liberal Unionist MP, H. O. Arnold-Forster. It was won by the Conservative candidate Robert Hermon-Hodge.

Croydon by-election, 1909
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Hermon-Hodge	11,989	57.4	+15.9
	Liberal	John Raphael	8,041	38.4	+0.1
	Labour	Frank Smith	886	4.2	−16.0
Majority			3,948	19.0	+15.8
Turnout			20,896	79.0	−4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.9

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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