The 1910 Swansea District by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the UK House of Commons constituency of Swansea District in Glamorgan in South Wales on 28 February 1910.
Vacancy The by-election was caused by the appointment of the sitting Liberal MP, Sir David Brynmor Jones, KC to be Recorder of Merthyr Tydfil.The Times, 22 February 1910 p12 Under the Parliamentary rules of the day, if he wished to remain an MP, he was required to resign and fight a by-election.
Candidates The Swansea District Liberals re-selected Jones. At the general election of January 1910, he had been returned with the substantial majority of 6,073 votes over his Unionist opponent.The Times House of Commons 1910; Politico’s Publishing, 2004 p90
The result There being no other candidates putting themselves forward, Brynmor Jones was returned unopposed.The Times, 1 March 1910 p12
See also Lists of United Kingdom by-elections United Kingdom by-election records
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