Election Name: | 1922 Chertsey by-election |
Type: | presidential |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Previous Election: | Chertsey (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s |
Previous Year: | 1918 |
Next Election: | Chertsey (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1920s |
Next Year: | 1922 |
Election Date: | 24 March 1922 |
Candidate1: | Richardson |
Party1: | Unionist Party (UK) |
Popular Vote1: | 11,811 |
Percentage1: | 55.4% |
Candidate2: | Gough |
Party2: | Liberal Party (UK) |
Popular Vote2: | 9,490 |
Percentage2: | 45.6% |
Map Size: | 250px |
MP | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent MP |
Before Election: | MacMaster |
Before Party: | Unionist Party (UK) |
After Election: | Richardson |
After Party: | Unionist Party (UK) |
The 1922 Chertsey by-election was a parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Chertsey on 24 March 1922.
The by-election was caused by the death of the sitting Unionist MP, Sir Donald Macmaster on 3 March 1922. He had been MP here since winning the seat in January 1910.
Chertsey had returned Conservative or Unionist candidates at every election since the constituency was created in 1885, apart from the Liberal landslide of 1906.The result at the last general election was:
The Unionists held onto the seat with a greatly reduced majority.
Philip Richardson continued as the MP until retiring in 1931.Sir Hubert Gough did not stand for election again. The Liberal Party never managed to mount as strong a challenge again as Chertsey remained a safe Conservative seat throughout its history.The result at the following general election;