Election Name: | 1909 Croydon by-election |
Type: | presidential |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Previous Election: | Croydon (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1900s |
Previous Year: | 1906 |
Next Election: | Croydon (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s |
Next Year: | Jan. 1910 |
Election Date: | 29 March 1909 |
Candidate1: | Hermon-Hodge |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 8,211 |
Popular Vote1: | 11,989 |
Percentage1: | 57.4% |
Candidate2: | Raphael |
Party2: | Liberal Party (UK) |
Last Election2: | 7,573 |
Popular Vote2: | 8,041 |
Percentage2: | 38.4% |
Candidate3: | Smith |
Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election3: | 4,007 |
Popular Vote3: | 886 |
Percentage3: | 4.2% |
MP | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent MP |
Before Election: | H. O. Arnold-Forster |
Before Party: | Liberal Unionist Party |
After Election: | Robert Hermon-Hodge |
After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
The 1909 Croydon by-election was held on 29 March 1909. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Liberal Unionist MP, H. O. Arnold-Forster. It was won by the Conservative candidate Robert Hermon-Hodge.