Winslow History | General elections, 1910

General elections, 1910

The January 1910 election was called after the House of Lords rejected the Liberal government's People's Budget of 1909. The Liberals lost their overall majority but remained in power with Irish Nationalist support. In the Buckingham constituency, Frederick Verney retained his seat with a much reduced majority

Bucks Herald, 22 Jan
WINSLOW. The polling passed off very quietly here, and with apparently fewer votes than usual.

Mr. F. W. VERNEY (Liberal) 6,055
Hon. T. F. FREMANTLE (Unionist) 5,944

Another election was held in December as the Liberal government required a mandate for what became the 1911 Parliament Act. Frederick Verney stood aside in favour of his nephew Sir Harry Verney (shown in the photo) whose father Sir Edmund, a former MP for Buckingham, died earlier in 1910.

Buckingham Advertiser, 10 Dec
A big Liberal meeting was held at the New Schools on Tuesday night, the large school being crammed and overflowing into the classrooms... A rumour has got about that the use of the Oddfellows' Hall, Winslow, was refused for a Liberal meeting. We are requested to say that the Hall had been booked and bills published for a lecture on that evening for some time previous.

Buckingham Advertiser, 17 Dec
Despite one of the wettest evenings of this wet season, one of the biggest political meetings in this town was held [for the Unionists] at the Oddfellows' Hall on the night before the poll, every available seat being filled and a fair number having to stand.

Sir HARRY VERNEY (Liberal) 6,029
Colonel BERNARD (Unionist) 5,702

More about the Liberal celebration.