1923 Liverpool Edge Hill by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

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Candidate	Hayes	Hills
Party	Labour	Unionist
Popular vote	10,300	9,250
Percentage	52.7%	47.3%

MP before election

Rutherford
Unionist

Subsequent MP

Hayes
Labour

"The 1923 Liverpool Edge Hill by-election was held on 6 March 1923. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, William Rutherford. It was won by the Labour candidate Jack Hayes.^[1]

1922 general election: Liverpool Edge Hill ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Rutherford	14,186	59.8	-4.0
	Labour	Jack Hayes	9,520	40.2	+4.0
Majority			4,666	19.6	-8.0
Turnout			23,706	70.5	+20.2
	Unionist hold		Swing	-4.0

Liverpool Edge Hill by-election, 1923^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Hayes	10,300	52.7	+12.5
	Unionist	John Waller Hills	9,250	47.3	-12.5
Majority			1,050	5.4	N/A
Turnout			19,550	58.1	-12.4
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+12.5

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

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