Election Name: | 1920 Edinburgh North by-election |
Type: | presidential |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Previous Election: | Edinburgh North (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s |
Previous Year: | 1918 |
Next Election: | Edinburgh North (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1920s |
Next Year: | 1922 |
Election Date: | 9 April 1920 |
Candidate1: | Ford |
Party1: | Unionist Party (Scotland) |
Popular Vote1: | 9,944 |
Percentage1: | 44.8 |
Candidate2: | Runciman |
Party2: | Liberal Party (UK) |
Popular Vote2: | 8,469 |
Percentage2: | 38.1 |
Candidate3: | Pole |
Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
Popular Vote3: | 3,808 |
Percentage3: | 17.1 |
Map Size: | 250px |
MP | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent MP |
Before Election: | Clyde |
Before Party: | Unionist Party (Scotland) |
After Election: | Ford |
After Party: | Unionist Party (Scotland) |
The 1920 Edinburgh North by-election was held on 9 April 1920. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Coalition Conservative MP, James Avon Clyde after he was appointed to the bench as Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session. It was won by the Coalition Conservative candidate Patrick Ford