1914

The Hartlepools The Hartlepools was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The constituency became Hartlepool in 1974. The seat's name reflected the representation of both old Hartlepool and West Hartlepool. Hist ...

by-election was held on 22 September 1914. The

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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

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