The 1912 South East Essex by-election was held on 16 March 1912. The

by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...

was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP,

John Hendley Morrison Kirkwood Lieutenant-Colonel John Hendley Morrison Kirkwood, DSO (1877–1924), was a British landowner and Conservative politician. Career Kirkwood was the eldest son and heir of Major James Morrison Kirkwood (1839–1907), of Yeo Vale, by his wife Isab ...

. It was won by the Conservative candidate Rupert Guinness, who was unopposed. Guinness had previously been MP for Haggerston.

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