1913 Keighley by-election


The Keighley by-election was a Parliamentary by-election. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

Vacancy

The incumbent, Sir Stanley Buckmaster, had been elected for the constituency in the 1911 Keighley by-election. He was required to fight another by-election on his appointment as Solicitor General for England and Wales.

Previous result

Candidates

- 30-year old heir to the Earl of Harewood, whose peerage he succeeded to in 1929, and future husband of Mary, Princess Royal.
William Bland - local trade unionist member of local Independent Labour Party who was endorsed by the national Labour Party.

Campaign

Result

Aftermath

A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the summer of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.
Another by-election occurred in Keighley in 1915 when Buckmaster accepted a seat in the House of Lords.