• Source: 1912 Hythe by-election

The 1912 Hythe by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 11 June 1912. The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.




Electoral history


Sassoon was returned unopposed at the previous election. The previous election to that was contested and the result was as follows;




Candidates


Edward Sassoon
S Moorhouse




Result


Sassoon held his seat, however compared with the January 1910 election result, his Unionist majority dropped slightly;




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;

Unionist: Philip Sassoon
Liberal: William Deedes
Due to the outbreak of war, the election didn't take place until 1918;

Sassoon was the endorsed candidate of the Coalition Government.




References

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• 1912 Hythe by-election
• 1912 Hackney South by-election
• 1912 Epsom by-election
• 1912 Midlothian by-election
• 1912 Leominster by-election
• 1912 Hanley by-election
• 1912 Bolton by-election
• Shorncliffe Lodge
• 1912 Crewe by-election
• 1912 Holmfirth by-election