1906 Eye by-election

The 1906 Eye by-election was held on 6 April 1906. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Liberal MP, Francis Seymour Stevenson. It was won by the Liberal candidate Harold Pearson.[1][2]

1906 Eye by-election
6 April 1906
 
Candidate Pearson Graham
Party Liberal Conservative
Popular vote 4,568 4,371
Percentage 51.1% 48.9%
MP before election

Francis Stevenson
Liberal

 Subsequent MP

Harold Pearson
Liberal

Stevenson

Result
Eye by-election, 1906 [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harold Pearson 4,568 51.1
Conservative James Graham 4,371 48.9
Majority 197 2.2
Turnout 8,939 87.9
Liberal hold Swing

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  2. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 391. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  3. The Liberal year book, 1907


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