1908 Newcastle-upon-Tyne by-election

1908 Newcastle-upon-Tyne by-election
← 1906 25 September 1908 Jan. 1910 →
 
Candidate Renwick Shortt Hartley
Party Conservative Liberal Social Democratic Federation
Popular vote 13,863 11,720 2,971
Percentage 48.5% 41.1% 10.4%
MP before election

Thomas Cairns
Liberal

Subsequent MP

Edward Shortt
Liberal

The 1908 Newcastle-upon-Tyne by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 25 September 1908.[1] The constituency returned two Members of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

  1. ^ Craig, F.W.S. (1987). Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 102.