Liverpool Edge Hill by-election, 1923

"The Liverpool Edge Hill by-election of 1923 was held on 6 March 1923. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, William Watson Rutherford. It was won by the Labour candidate John Henry Hayes.^[1]

1922 General Election: Liverpool Edge Hill ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Sir William Watson Rutherford	14,186	59.8	-4.0
	Labour	John Henry Hayes	9,520	40.2	+4.0
Majority			4,666	19.6	-8.0
Turnout				70.5	+20.2
	Unionist hold		Swing	-4.0

Liverpool Edge Hill by-election, 1923^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Henry Hayes	10,300	52.7	+12.5
	Unionist	John Waller Hills	9,250	47.3	-12.5
Majority			1,050	5.4	25.0
Turnout				58.1	-12.4
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+12.5

References

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1922	December: Portsmouth South

1923	January: Newcastle-upon-Tyne East February: Stepney, Whitechapel and St George's Darlington March: Mitcham Willesden East Liverpool Edge Hill April: Anglesey Ludlow May: Berwick-upon-Tweed June: Morpeth Tiverton July: Leeds Central August: Portsmouth South October: Rutland and Stamford Yeovil

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