1907 Kingston upon Hull West by-election
Charles Wilson Liberal Guy Wilson Liberal The 1907 Kingston upon Hull West by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in England for the House of Commons constituency of Kingston upon Hull West on 11 November 1907.The seat had been held for the Liberal Party by members of the Wilson family since its creation in 1885, and the by-election was won by the Liberal candidate Guy Wilson, who was the brother of the outgoing Member of Parliament (MP).The seat had become vacant when the sitting MP Charles Wilson succeeded to his father's peerage as the 2nd Baron Nunburnholme.The Conservative Party candidate was Sir George Trout Bartley, a cockney[2] who had been the founder of the National Penny bank[2] and was MP for Islington North from 1885[3] until his defeat in 1906.Wilson held the seat (with much increased majorities) until the constituency was abolished in 1918.