1907 Rutlandshire by-election
The 1907 Rutlandshire by-election was held on 11 June 1907. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, George Henry Finch. He had held the seat since 1867 and was Father of the House. The by-election was won by the Conservative candidate John Gretton[1] who held the seat until 1918 when the constituency was abolished.
The Women's Social and Political Union suffragettes campaigned against the government. At an open-air meeting in Uppingham, Mary Gawthorpe and Christabel Pankhurst were pelted and Gawthorpe fell unconscious; Sylvia Pankhurst wrote that the "incident and her plucky spirit, made her the heroine of the Election".[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Gretton | 2,213 | 61.9 | ||
| Liberal | W. F. H. Lyon | 1,362 | 38.1 | ||
| Majority | 851 | 23.8 | |||
| Turnout | 3,575 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Pankhurst, Sylvia E. The Suffragette: The History of Women's Militant Suffrage. p. 22.
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