Taunton by-election, 1909

The Taunton by-election of 1909 was held on 23 February 1909. The by-election was held due to the ill health of the incumbent Conservative MP, Edward Boyle. It was won by the Conservative candidate William Wellesley Peel,^[1] previously the MP for Manchester South.

Taunton by-election, 1909 ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Hon. William Robert Wellesley Peel	1,976	64.6
	Labour	Frank Smith	1,085	35.4	n/a
Majority			891	29.2
Turnout				80.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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