1914 North East Derbyshire by-election

North East Derbyshire by-election

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Candidate Bowden Houfton Martin Party Unionist Liberal Labour Popular vote 6,469 6,155 3,669 Percentage 39.7% 37.8% 22.5%

MP before election Harvey Labour Subsequent MP Holmes Liberal

The 1914 North East Derbyshire by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 20 May 1914.^[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. About a third of the electorate were directly involved in the mining industry. This was the penultimate by-election to take place before the outbreak of the First World War. It demonstrated the weakness of support for the Labour party in 1914 when opposed by a Liberal party candidate.