1907 Aberdeen South by-election

1907 Aberdeen South by-election
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Candidate Esslemont McNeill Bramley
Party Liberal Conservative Ind. Labour Party
Popular vote 3,779 3,412 1,740
Percentage 42.3% 38.2% 19.5%
MP before election

James Bryce
Liberal

Subsequent MP

George Esslemont
Liberal

The 1907 Aberdeen South by-election was held on 20 February 1907. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Liberal MP, James Bryce, being appointed British Ambassador to the United States. It was won by the Liberal candidate George Esslemont.[1]

Fred Bramley, who stood for the "Aberdeen Labour Representation Committee", was not officially endorsed by the Labour Party or the Scottish Workers' Representation Committee.[2]

  1. ^ "House of Commons". leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  2. ^ F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918, p.xvi