Election Name: | 1907 Aberdeen South by-election |
Type: | presidential |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Previous Election: | Aberdeen South (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1900s |
Previous Year: | 1906 |
Next Election: | Aberdeen South (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s |
Next Year: | Jan. 1910 |
Election Date: | 20 February 1907 |
Candidate1: | Esslemont |
Party1: | Liberal Party (UK) |
Popular Vote1: | 3,779 |
Percentage1: | 42.3% |
Candidate2: | McNeill |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Popular Vote2: | 3,412 |
Percentage2: | 38.2% |
Candidate3: | Bramley |
Party3: | Independent Labour Party |
Popular Vote3: | 1,740 |
Percentage3: | 19.5% |
Map Size: | 250px |
MP | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent MP |
Before Election: | James Bryce |
Before Party: | Liberal Party (UK) |
After Election: | George Esslemont |
After Party: | Liberal Party (UK) |
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]
Esslemont, the Liberal candidate, supported extending the right to vote to women. Despite this, the Women's Social and Political Union set up a local campaign office to campaign against him. This put the WSPU in conflict with local women's suffrage campaigners who supported Esslemont.[3]