The 1915 Chesterton by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the House of Commons constituency of the Chesterton or Western Division of Cambridgeshire on 13 February 1915.

Vacancy

The by-election was caused by the appointment of the sitting Liberal MP, the Rt. Hon. Edwin Montagu as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with a seat in the Cabinet.[1] Under the Parliamentary rules of the day he had to resign and fight a by-election.

Candidates

Montagu was re-selected to fight the seat by his local Liberal Association and as the wartime truce between the political parties was in operation [2] no opposing candidate was nominated against him.

The result

There being no other candidates putting themselves forward Montagu was returned unopposed.[3]

Chesterton by-election, 1915
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edwin Samuel Montagu Unopposed N/A N/A
Liberal hold

References

  1. ↑ Chandrika Kaul, Edwin Samuel Montagu in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online, 2004-11
  2. ↑ The Times, 13 February 1915 p5
  3. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918; Macmillan Press, 1974 p227

See also

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