Vickerman Rutherford
Vickerman Rutherford | |
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Member of Parliament for Brentford | |
In office 1906–1910 | |
Preceded by | James Bigwood |
Succeeded by | Lord Alwyne Compton |
Personal details | |
Born | 6 December 1860 |
Died | 25 April 1934 (aged 73) |
Alma mater | Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge |
Vickerman Henzell Rutherford (6 December 1860 – 25 April 1934) was a British Liberal politician and medical doctor.
Education
[edit]He was educated at Royal High School, Edinburgh and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.[1]
Career
[edit]He first stood for parliament at the 1900 General Election as Liberal Party candidate for Osgoldcross. He was then elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Brentford at the 1906 General Election.[1] He was defeated at the January 1910 General election and did not contest the General Election in December 1910. He sought a return to parliament at the 1918 General Election when he stood as Liberal candidate at Bishop Auckland, without the support of the Coalition government 'coupon'. Coalition government endorsement was instead given to another Liberal candidate and as a result Rutherford finished third.[2] He switched his support to the Labour Party and contested the 1920 by-election in Sunderland and finished second.[3][4][5]
Electoral record
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent Liberal | John Austin | 5,609 | 65.0 | −1.8 | |
Liberal | Vickerman Rutherford | 3,025 | 35.0 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 2,584 | 30.0 | −3.6 | ||
Turnout | 58.8 | −3.4 | |||
Independent Liberal hold | Swing | -1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Vickerman Rutherford | 6,506 | 51.8 | n/a | |
Conservative | James Bigwood | 6,053 | 48.2 | n/a | |
Majority | 453 | 3.6 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 73.2 | n/a | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ben Spoor | 10,060 | |||
National Liberal | Godfrey Vick | 7,417 | |||
Liberal | Vickerman Rutherford | 2,411 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | ![]() | 28,001 | 25.0 | n/a | |
Unionist | ![]() | 24,591 | 22.0 | n/a | |
National Liberal | Hamar Greenwood | 19,058 | 17.0 | n/a | |
Labour | David Baxter Lawley | 13,683 | 12.2 | n/a | |
Labour | Vickerman Rutherford | 13,490 | 12.1 | n/a | |
Liberal | Andrew Common | 13,036 | 11.7 | n/a | |
Turnout | 81.6 | +26.2 | |||
Majority | 5,533 | 5.0 | n/a | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Majority | n/a | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | n/a |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Who Was Who
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
- ^ "RUTHERFORD, Vickerman Henzell". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
- ^ a b British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918-1949 FWS Craig
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