1907 Colne Valley by-election
[1] The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.Sir James Kitson had been Liberal MP for the seat of Colne Valley since the 1892 general election.He was created Baron Airedale on 17 July 1907 and resigned to take a seat in the House of Lords.The Conservatives selected 35-year-old barrister, Granville Charles Hastings Wheler, later 1st (and last) Baronet of Otterden, as their candidate.He joined the Independent Labour Party and toured the country giving lectures, becoming a well-known orator despite having a stammer.
Victor GraysonGranville WhelerIndependent LabourLiberalConservativeSir James KitsonCharles LeachColne ValleyParliamentary by-electionMember of ParliamentHouse of Commons of the United Kingdomfirst past the postBaron AiredaleGeneral election January 1906James KitsonJohn BrightOsgoldcrossColne Valley Labour LeagueIndependent Labour PartyLabour PartyLiverpoolColne Valley LabourTurnoutFavershamGeneral election January 1910Archibald Boyd-CarpenterBy-elections28th Parliament of the United KingdomWestburyCity of LondonEast AberdeenshireNorth GalwayNorth LeitrimNorth KilkennyBasingstokeLeicesterDulwichEifionSt George's, Hanover SquareBodminEast TyroneCockermouthEast DenbighshireMid GlamorganshireGalwayNorth ArmaghHuddersfieldMid CorkNorth East DerbyshireBanffshireNorth MonmouthshireAberdeen SouthHalifaxNorth TyroneHexhamSouth WestmeathBelfast NorthStepneyWimbledonHornseyRutlandNorth MonaghanJarrowSouth KilkennyEast WicklowNorth West StaffordshireAngleseyBury St EdmundsWest DownSouth LongfordLiverpool KirkdaleKingston upon Hull WestAshburtonCarlow CountySt AustellWorcesterLeeds SouthWest CarmarthenshireBewdleyHastingsPeckhamWest DerbyshireSheffield CentralDewsburyManchester North WestKincardineshireWolverhampton EastDundeeMontrose BurghsNewportStirling BurghsPudseyPembrokeshireHaggerstonNewcastle-upon-TyneChelmsfordTamworthTauntonForfarshireGlasgow CentralEdinburgh SouthHawick BurghsCroydonEdinburgh EastSheffield AttercliffeStratford-on-AvonEdinburgh WestEast LimerickClevelandMid DerbyshireDumfries BurghsHigh PeakNorth SligoWest ClareBermondseySouth Armagh1801–18061806–18181818–18321832–18471847–18571857–18681868–18851885–19001900–19181918–1931