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The 1911 Cambridge University by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 11-16 February 1911.[1] The constituency returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
Samuel Butcher had been Unionist MP for the seat of Cambridge University since the 1906 general elections. He died on 29 December 1910 at the age of 60.
This was a safe Conservative constituency in which a challenger rarely appeared. At both the General Elections in 1910, the two Conservative candidates were returned unopposed. The last contested election was in 1906 when one of the sitting Conservative MPs stood on a platform of Free Trade in opposition to the Unionist tariff reform policies:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Samuel Butcher | 3,050 | 39.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Frederick Peel Rawlinson | 2,976 | 38.8 | N/A | |
Free Trade | John Eldon Gorst | 1,653 | 21.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,323 | 17.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,063 | 65.8 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Polling took place over a five-day period from 11 to 16 February 1911.
The Conservative Party held the seat.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Joseph Larmor | 2,308 | 50.3 | N/A | |
Free Trade | Harold Cox | 1,954 | 42.5 | New | |
Ind. Conservative | Thomas Ethelbert Page | 332 | 7.2 | New | |
Majority | 354 | 7.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,129 | 64.4 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Larmoor was re-elected at the following General Election:
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
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Coalition Conservative | John Frederick Peel Rawlinson | 35.16 | 2,034 | ||
Coalition Conservative | Joseph Larmor | 32.69 | 1,891 | 1,986 | |
Independent | William Cecil Dampier Whetham | 21.09 | 1,220 | 1,229 | |
Labour | J. C. Squire | 11.06 | 640 | 641 | |
Electorate: 9,282 Valid: 5,785 Quota: 1,929 Turnout: 62.32% |