1907 Bury St Edmunds by-election

The 1907 Bury St Edmunds by-election was held on 24 August 1907. The by-election was held due to the succession to the peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, Frederick Hervey who become the Fourth Marquess of Bristol. It was won by the Conservative candidate Walter Guinness.^[1]

1907 Bury St Edmunds by-election

← 1906 24 August 1907 Jan. 1910 →

Candidate Guinness Yates Party Conservative Liberal Popular vote 1,631 741 Percentage 68.8% 31.2%

MP before election Frederick Hervey Conservative Subsequent MP Walter Guinness Conservative

Campaign

The by-election was a strong campaigning ground for the suffragette movement and the Women's Social and Political Union made it a target for propaganda sending high level members, including Gladice Keevil, Nellie Martel, Emmeline Pankhurst, Aeta Lamb, Rachel Barrett and Elsa Gye.^[2]

Result

Bury St Edmunds by-election, 1907^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Guinness	1,631	68.8	+10.2
	Liberal	Walter Baldwyn Yates	741	31.2	−10.2
Majority			890	37.6	+20.4
Turnout			2,372	86.6	−4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.2