1918 Ross by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

The 1918 Ross by-election was held on 4 May 1918. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Conservative MP, Percy Clive, being killed in action in the First World War. It was won by the Conservative candidate Charles Pulley.[1]

Ross by-election, 1918[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Unionist | Charles Pulley | 3,260  | 64.6  | +14.0
| National Farmers Union | T. Percy Preece  | 1,784  | 35.4  | New
Majority  | 1,476  | 29.2  | +28.0
Turnout | 5,044  | 44.2  | −41.4
| Unionist hold | Swing | -1.4  |

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
2. ^ F. W. S. Craig, British parliamentary election results 1885-1918

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* Cambridge University
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1912|

* January: Carmarthen District
* February: Edinburgh East
* Glasgow St Rollox
* March: Manchester South
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1913|

* January: Flint Boroughs
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* February: East Waterford
* East Antrim
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* Kendal
* April: Shrewsbury
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* July: St George's, Hanover Square
* August: Chesterfield
* November: North Cork
* Linlithgowshire
* Reading
* Keighley
* December: Wick Burghs
* South Lanarkshire

1914|

* January: North West Durham
* February: Wycombe
* Cork City
* Bethnal Green South West
* Poplar
* Leith Burghs
* April: Belfast East
* East Fife
* May: Great Grimsby
* North East Derbyshire
* Ipswich
* June: Brighton
* Oxford University
* July: Birmingham West
* East Worcestershire
* North Galway
* August: Swansea District
* West Wicklow
* September: Bolton
* The Hartlepools
* November: Londonderry City
* December: East Galway
* Tullamore
* Sheffield Attercliffe

1915|

* February: Norwich
* Swansea District
* Scarborough
* Shipley
* Howdenshire
* Thirsk & Malton
* Wigtownshire
* Chesterton
* Saffron Walden
* Liverpool Kirkdale
* Mid Antrim
* Maidstone
* March: Carmarthen Boroughs
* April: Mid Durham
* May: Kilmarnock Burghs
* June: Preston
* Dublin College Green
* North Tipperary
* Keighley
* July: Arfon
* Glasgow Central
* October: Dublin Harbour
* Appleby
* November: Heywood
* Uxbridge
* Cardiff
* Kingston
* St Helens
* St Austell
* Merthyr Tydfil
* Tiverton
* December: Cleveland

1916|

* January: Newington West
* St George's, Hanover Square
* Portsmouth
* North West Staffordshire
* Chesterton
* Bradford Central
* Mile End
* Rotherham
* February: Liverpool East Toxteth
* North Louth
* South Tyrone
* Bolton
* Chester
* Droitwich
* March: Cockermouth
* Hertford
* South Shields
* Harborough
* Hyde
* April: Wimbledon
* Dublin University
* Ossory
* May: Tewkesbury
* South Londonderry
* Widnes
* July: Berwickshire
* August: Bodmin
* Berwick-upon-Tweed
* Colne Valley
* Abingdon
* September: Mansfield
* October: North Ayrshire
* St Pancras West
* Winchester
* North Fermanagh
* November: West Cork
* December: Hornsey
* Ashton-under-Lyne
* Sheffield Hallam
* Whitechapel
* Derby
* Edinburgh & St Andrews Universities

1917|

* January: Inverness-shire
* February: North Roscommon
* Dublin University
* Rotherham
* Rossendale
* West Perthshire
* Tamworth
* March: Stockton
* Oxford
* April: Aberdeen South
* Belfast South
* Ealing
* May: South Longford
* Edinburgh South
* June: Epping
* Henley
* Liverpool Abercromby
* July: Belfast South
* Fulham
* South Dublin
* East Clare
* South Monmouthshire
* Cambridge
* Chesterton
* Dundee
* August: Edinburgh & St Andrews Universities
* Kilkenny City
* Norwich
* October: Dublin University
* Islington East
* Spalding
* Basingstoke
* November: Salford North
* North Armagh
* December: Wisbech
* Southampton

1918|

* January: Mid Armagh
* Prestwich
* February: South Armagh
* March: Waterford City
* Manchester South
* April: East Tyrone
* Tullamore
* Birmingham West
* Keighley
* May: Ross
* Exeter
* Newcastle-upon-Tyne
* Wansbeck
* June: Gravesend
* Bridgwater
* East Cavan
* Clapham
* July: Finsbury East
* Manchester North East
* Fareham
* East Grinstead
* August: Canterbury
* September: Banbury
* October: St George's, Hanover Square
* Bath
* Mid Norfolk
* Elgin Burghs
* South Shields
* Prestwich
* November: Wilton

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