1907 Stepney by-election

1907 Stepney by-election

10 May 1907

Candidate Harris Cooper Party Conservative Lib-Lab Popular vote 2,299 1,350 Percentage 63.0% 37.0%

MP before election William Evans-Gordon Conservative Subsequent MP Leverton Harris Conservative

The 1907 Stepney by-election was held on 10 May 1907. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, William Evans-Gordon. It was won by the Conservative candidate Frederick Leverton Harris.[1]

Stepney by-election, 1907

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Leverton Harris	2,299	63.0
	Lib-Lab	Ben Cooper	1,350	37.0
Majority			949	26.0
Turnout			5,621	64.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.7

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs