[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 Randal Cremer the sitting member died on 22 July 1908.They easily held the seat at the last election, with an increased majority; No Labour Party or Socialist candidate had ever stood.The Conservatives gained the seat on a swing of 10.25%; The result was seen as a victory for Tariff Reform[3] and a disappointment to the third party Social Democratic Federation.Guinness once again faced Burrows and a new Liberal candidate who defeated him; Warren switched his attention to municipal politics and in March 1910, standing for the Liberal backed Progressive Party, he gained a seat from the Conservative backed Municipal Reform Party at Battersea in the 1910 London County Council election.