Election Name: | 1907 Wimbledon by-election |
Type: | presidential |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Previous Election: | Wimbledon (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1900s |
Previous Year: | 1906 |
Next Election: | Wimbledon (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s |
Next Year: | Jan. 1910 |
Election Date: | 14 May 1907 |
Candidate1: | Chaplin |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Popular Vote1: | 10,263 |
Percentage1: | 75.7% |
Candidate2: | Russell |
Party2: | Independent Liberal |
Popular Vote2: | 3,299 |
Percentage2: | 24.3% |
Map Size: | 250px |
MP | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent MP |
Before Election: | Eric Hambro |
Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
After Election: | Henry Chaplin |
After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
The 1907 Wimbledon by-election was held on 14 May 1907. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Eric Hambro, due to expanded business interests. It was won by the Conservative candidate Henry Chaplin,[1] who defeated Independent Liberal candidate Bertrand Russell. Russell campaigned in support of women's suffrage.[2]