The 1923 Leeds Central by-election was a parliamentary

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 ...

for the

British House of Commons The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 mem ...

constituency of

Leeds Central Leeds Central is a constituency recreated in 1983 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1999 by Hilary Benn of the Labour Party. A former guise of the seat spanned 1885 to 1955. Boundaries 1885–1918: The Municip ...

on 26 July 1923.

Vacancy

The by-election was caused by the death of the sitting Unionist MP,

Arthur Wellesley Willey Arthur Wellesley Willey (1868 – 2 July 1923) was an English solicitor and racehorse owner, who was briefly the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds Central. Willey was born in Leeds in 1868 and became one of the most successful s ...

on 2 July 1923. He had been MP here since winning the seat in 1922.

Electoral history

Willey had gained the seat from the Liberals at the previous general election;

Result

The Unionists held the seat. The Liberal share was halved with the Labour party picking up that former Liberal vote.

Aftermath

The result at the following General election;

References

{{By-elections to the 32nd UK Parliament Leeds Central by-election Elections in Leeds History of Leeds Leeds Central by-election Leeds Central by-election 1920s in Leeds By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Yorkshire and the Humber constituencies