1919 Oxford University by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

1919 Oxford University by-election

* * *

| <- 1918 | 19–24 March 1919 | 1922 ->

|
|

|  |  |  |

|
|
|

Candidate  | Oman | Murray | Riley
Party  | Unionist | Liberal | Independent
Popular vote  | 2,613 | 1,330  | 1,032
Percentage  | 52.52% | 26.73%  | 20.74

* * *

| MP before election

Prothero
Unionist

| Subsequent MP

Oman
Unionist

|

The 1919 Oxford University by-election was held on 19–24 March 1919 after the incumbent Coalition Conservative MP, Rowland Prothero was created as the first Lord Ernle. It was retained by the Conservative candidate Prof. Charles Oman.[1]

## Result[edit]

By-Election 19–24 March 1919: Oxford University[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

|
|
|
|

C | Unionist | Charles Oman | 2,613 | 52.52 | -28.08
| Liberal | Gilbert Murray | 1,330  | 26.73  | +13.39
| Independent | J. Athelstan L. Riley  | 1,032  | 20.74  | New
Majority  | 1,283  | 25.79  | -41.47
Turnout | 4,975  | 62.92  | -7.35
Registered electors | 7,907  |  |
| Unionist hold | Swing |  |
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O"
2. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1922

* v
* t
* e

« 30th Parliament « By-elections to the 31st Parliament of the United Kingdom » 32nd Parliament »

1919|

* February: Liverpool West Derby
* March: Leyton West
* North Londonderry
* Oxford University
* Hull Central
* April: Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Central
* May: East Antrim
* July: Swansea East
* Bothwell
* Dublin University
* August: Widnes
* September: Pontefract
* October: Manchester Rusholme
* November: Chester-le-Street
* Croydon South
* Isle of Thanet
* Plymouth Sutton
* December: St Albans
* Bromley
* Spen Valley

1920|

* January: Ashton-under-Lyne
* February: The Wrekin
* Paisley
* Horncastle
* March: Argyll
* Dartford
* Stockport
* Basingstoke
* Camberwell North West
* April: Northampton
* Edinburgh North
* Edinburgh South
* Sunderland
* June: Louth
* Nelson and Colne
* July: Ebbw Vale
* South Norfolk
* Woodbridge
* September: Ilford
* November: Hemel Hempstead
* The Wrekin
* Middleton and Prestwich
* December: Abertillery
* Rhondda West

1921|

* January: Hereford
* Dover
* February: Cardiganshire
* March: Woolwich East
* Dudley
* Birmingham Moseley
* Kirkcaldy Burghs
* Penistone
* Birmingham West
* April: Taunton
* Bristol West
* Glasgow Pollok
* East Dorset
* Bewdley
* Eddisbury
* Bedford
* Chichester
* May: Hastings
* Penrith and Cockermouth
* Abingdon
* Orkney and Shetland
* June: Belfast Duncairn
* Mid Armagh
* North Down
* West Down
* July: Mid Down
* Westminster St George's
* Heywood and Radcliffe
* Hertford
* August: Caerphilly
* Westminster Abbey
* South Londonderry
* September: Lewisham West
* Louth
* October: Westhoughton
* November: Hornsey
* December: Southwark South East

1922|

* January: Ludlow
* Tamworth
* South Londonderry
* February: West Down
* Manchester Clayton
* Camberwell North
* North Down
* Bodmin
* March: Wolverhampton West
* Liverpool Exchange
* Cambridge
* Inverness
* Chertsey
* Leicester East
* May: Clapham
* City of London
* June: North Londonderry
* Newbury
* Moray and Nairn
* Banbury
* Nottingham East
* July: Gower
* North Down
* Pontypridd
* August: Hackney South
* October: Newport

Lists of UK by-elections
1801–1806
1806–1818
1818–1832
1832–1847
1847–1857
1857–1868
1868–1885
1885–1900
1900–1918
1918–1931
1931–1950
1950–1979
1979–2010
2010–present
Northern Ireland
Hereditary peers

This article about a by-election to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in England is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template