The 1914

The Hartlepools The Hartlepools was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament. The constituency became Hartlepool (UK Parliament constituency), Har ...

by-election was held on 22 September 1914. The

by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, or a bypoll in India, is an election used to fill an office that has become vacant between general elections. A vacancy may arise as a result of an incumben ...

was held due to the death of the incumbent

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MP, Sir Stephen Furness. It was won by the 67-year old

candidate Sir Walter Runciman who was unopposed due to a

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Result

References

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