Dr Alfred Peter Hillier had been the Conservative MP for Hitchin since regaining the seat from the Liberals in January 1910. He committed suicide on 24 October 1911 in his home at 20 Eccleston Square, London, England.
The new Conservative candidate was Robert Cecil who had been Conservative MP for Marylebone East until January 1910. In 1910 he unsuccessfully contested Blackburn in the January election and Wisbech in the December election. Thomas Tylston Greg, who had been the Liberal candidate last time was again chosen to contest the seat.
Resultedit
The Conservative Party held the seat with an increased majority.
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.
1911, hitchin, election, hitchin, election, parliamentary, election, held, november, 1911, constituency, returned, member, parliament, house, commons, united, kingdom, elected, first, past, post, voting, system, 1910, november, 1911, 1918, candidate, cecil, gr. The Hitchin by election was a Parliamentary by election held on 23 November 1911 1 The constituency returned one Member of Parliament MP to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom elected by the first past the post voting system 1911 Hitchin by election Dec 1910 23 November 1911 1918 Candidate Cecil GregParty Conservative LiberalPopular vote 5 542 3 909Percentage 58 6 41 4 MP before electionAlfred Peter HillierConservative Subsequent MP Lord Robert CecilUnionist Contents 1 Vacancy 2 Electoral history 3 Candidates 4 Result 5 Aftermath 6 ReferencesVacancy editDr Alfred Peter Hillier had been the Conservative MP for Hitchin since regaining the seat from the Liberals in January 1910 He committed suicide on 24 October 1911 in his home at 20 Eccleston Square London England Electoral history editGeneral election December 1910 Hitchin 2 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Alfred Peter Hillier 5 233 57 0 2 8Liberal Thomas Tylston Greg 3 942 43 0 2 8Majority 1 291 14 0 5 6Turnout 9 175 84 3 4 2Conservative hold Swing 2 8Candidates editThe new Conservative candidate was Robert Cecil who had been Conservative MP for Marylebone East until January 1910 In 1910 he unsuccessfully contested Blackburn in the January election and Wisbech in the December election Thomas Tylston Greg who had been the Liberal candidate last time was again chosen to contest the seat Result editThe Conservative Party held the seat with an increased majority Hitchin by election 1911 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Robert Cecil 5 542 58 6 1 6Liberal Thomas Tylston Greg 3 909 41 4 1 6Majority 1 633 17 2 3 2Turnout 9 451 84 8 0 5Conservative hold Swing 1 6Aftermath 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 Unionist Robert Cecil Liberal General election 14 December 1918 Hitchin 4 Party Candidate Votes C Unionist Robert Cecil 9 828 60 6 2 0Labour Robert Green 5 661 34 9 NewNFDDSS George Humm 722 4 5 NewMajority 4 167 25 7 11 7Turnout 16 211 54 4 29 9Registered electors 29 820Unionist hold Swing N AC indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government References edit Craig F W S 1987 Chronology of British Parliamentary By elections 1833 1987 Chichester Parliamentary Research Services p 106 Debrett s House of Commons amp Judicial Bench 1916 British parliamentary election results 1885 1918 Craig British parliamentary election results 1918 1949 Craig Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1911 Hitchin by election amp oldid 1181957502, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
