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UK Parliamentary by-election

1909 Taunton by-election

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23 February 1909

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Candidate	Peel	Smith
Party	Conservative	Labour
Popular vote	1,976	1,085
Percentage	64.6%	35.4%

MP before election

Sir Edward Boyle
Conservative

Subsequent MP

William Peel
Conservative

The 1909 Taunton by-election was held on 23 February 1909. The by-election was held due to the ill health of the incumbent Conservative MP, Edward Boyle. It was won by the Conservative candidate William Peel, previously the MP for Manchester South. Peel was the son of Arthur Peel, 1st Viscount Peel, a former Liberal MP and Speaker of the House of Commons, and the grandson of former Prime Minister Robert Peel.

Taunton by-election, 1909
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Peel	1,976	64.6	+9.5
	Labour	Frank Smith	1,085	35.4	New
Majority			891	29.2	+19.0
Turnout			3,061	80.4	−12.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

References

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

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