A general election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.
McClure was the endorsed candidate of the Coalition Government.
Referencesedit
^Craig, F.W.S. (1987). Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 106.
Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 (1 ed.). London: Macmillan.
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1911, govan, election, parliamentary, election, held, december, 1911, returned, member, parliament, house, commons, parliament, united, kingdom, elected, first, past, post, voting, system, contents, electoral, history, candidates, result, aftermath, references. The 1911 Govan by election was a Parliamentary by election held on 22 December 1911 1 It returned one Member of Parliament MP to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom elected by the first past the post voting system Contents 1 Electoral history 2 Candidates 3 Result 4 Aftermath 5 ReferencesElectoral history editGeneral election December 1910 Govan Electorate 17 995 Party Candidate Votes Liberal William Hunter 8 409 56 9 13 9 Conservative George Balfour 6 369 43 1 9 4 Majority 2 040 13 8 4 5 Turnout 14 778 79 9 4 7 Liberal hold Swing 2 3Candidates editThis section is empty You can help by adding to it December 2012 Result editBy Election 22 December 1911 Govan Electorate 18 395 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Daniel Holmes 7 508 53 5 3 4 Conservative George Balfour 6 522 46 5 3 4 Majority 986 7 0 6 8 Turnout 14 030 76 3 3 6 Liberal hold Swing 3 4Aftermath editA general election was due to take place by the end of 1915 By the autumn of 1914 the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election Due to the outbreak of war the election never took place General Election 1914 15 Electorate 22 559 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Daniel Holmes Ind Labour Party Neil Maclean General election 14 December 1918 Electorate 31 652 Party Candidate Votes Ind Labour Party Neil Maclean 9 577 47 8 New Unionist Alexander McClure 8 762 43 8 0 7 Liberal Daniel Holmes 1 678 8 4 48 5 Majority 815 4 0 N A Turnout 20 017 63 2 16 7 Ind Labour Party gain from Liberal Swing N A McClure was the endorsed candidate of the Coalition Government References edit Craig F W S 1987 Chronology of British Parliamentary By elections 1833 1987 Chichester Parliamentary Research Services p 106 Craig F W S 1974 British parliamentary election results 1885 1918 1 ed London Macmillan Who s Who www ukwhoswho com Debrett s House of Commons 1916 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1911 Govan by election amp oldid 1190354487, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
