1909 Bermondsey by-election

1909 Bermondsey by-election
28 October 1909
 
Candidate Dumphreys Hughes Salter
Party Conservative Liberal Labour
Popular vote 4,278 3,291 1,435
Percentage 47.5% 36.6% 15.9%
MP before election

George Cooper
Liberal

 Subsequent MP

Harold Glanville
Liberal

The 1909 Bermondsey by-election was a by-election held on 28 October 1909 for the British House of Commons constituency of Bermondsey in South East London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. Two suffragettes who tried to disrupt the men's election damaged the presiding officer and the ballots.

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