1911 Cheltenham by-election

The 1911 Cheltenham by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 28 April 1911. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

Previous result

Richard Mathias

General election December 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Mathias	3,846	50.6	−1.5
	Liberal Unionist	Vere Ponsonby	3,753	49.4	+1.5
Majority			93	1.2	N/A
Turnout			7,599	91.0	−2.8
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+1.5

Result

The Conservative Party gained the seat from the Liberal Party.

Cheltenham by-election, 1911: Electorate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Agg-Gardner	4,043	50.0	+0.6
	Liberal	Lewis Mathias	4,039	50.0	−0.6
Majority			4	0.0	N/A
Turnout			8,082	92.8	+1.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+0.6

Aftermath

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.

General Election 1914/15: Electorate 8,755

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Agg-Gardner
	Liberal

General election 14 December 1918: Electorate 23,217

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Agg-Gardner	9,602	60.3	+10.3
	Liberal	Richard Davies	6,317	39.7	−10.3
Majority			3,285	20.6	+20.6
Turnout			15,919	68.6	−24.2
	Unionist hold		Swing

• Agg-Gardner was officially supported by the Coalition Government.

References

• Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 (1 ed.). London: Macmillan.
• Debrett's House of Commons 1916