| Election Name: | 1908 Haggerston by-election |
| Type: | presidential |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Previous Election: | Haggerston (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1900s |
| Previous Year: | 1906 |
| Next Election: | Haggerston (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s |
| Next Year: | Jan. 1910 |
| Election Date: | 1 August 1908 |
| Candidate1: | Guinness |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,867 |
| Percentage1: | 51.4% |
| Candidate2: | Warren |
| Party2: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,724 |
| Percentage2: | 30.9% |
| Candidate3: | Burrows |
| Party3: | Social Democratic Federation |
| Popular Vote3: | 986 |
| Percentage3: | 17.7% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| MP | |
| Posttitle: | Subsequent MP |
| Before Election: | Randal Cremer |
| Before Party: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| After Election: | Henry Chancellor |
| After Party: | Liberal Party (UK) |
The Haggerston by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 1 August 1908.[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.
Sir Randal Cremer the sitting member died on 22 July 1908. He had been Liberal MP for the seat of Haggerston since the 1900 general election.
The seat had been Liberal since they gained it in 1900. They easily held the seat at the last election, with an increased majority;No Labour Party or Socialist candidate had ever stood. At the 1907 London County Council election The Conservative backed Municipal Reform Party had gained Haggerston from the Liberal backed Progressive Party.
Polling Day was fixed for 1 August 1908.
The Conservatives gained the seat on a swing of 10.25%;The result was seen as a victory for Tariff Reform[2] and a disappointment to the third party Social Democratic Federation.[3]
Warren sought election to parliament at the next general election at the Conservative seat of Wandsworth, without success. Guinness once again faced Burrows and a new Liberal candidate who defeated him;Warren switched his attention to municipal politics and in March 1910, standing for the Liberal backed Progressive Party, he gained a seat from the Conservative backed Municipal Reform Party at Battersea in the 1910 London County Council election.