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class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #0087DC;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Henry_Chaplin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Henry_Chaplin.jpg/85px-Henry_Chaplin.jpg" decoding="async" width="85" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Henry_Chaplin.jpg/128px-Henry_Chaplin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/94/Henry_Chaplin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="149" data-file-height="221" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #FFFFAA;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bertrand_Russell.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/46/Bertrand_Russell.jpg/85px-Bertrand_Russell.jpg" decoding="async" width="85" 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</th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>10,263</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">3,299 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>75.7%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">24.3% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a> before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Eric_Hambro" title="Eric Hambro">Eric Hambro</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Subsequent MP</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Henry_Chaplin,_1st_Viscount_Chaplin" title="Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin">Henry Chaplin</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1907 <a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wimbledon (UK Parliament constituency)">Wimbledon</a> by-election</b> was held on 14 May 1907. The <a href="/wiki/UK_Parliamentary_by-elections" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Parliamentary by-elections">by-election</a> was held due to the resignation of the incumbent <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> MP, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Hambro" title="Eric Hambro">Eric Hambro</a>, due to expanded business interests.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was won by the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> candidate <a href="/wiki/Henry_Chaplin" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Chaplin">Henry Chaplin</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who defeated <a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal" title="Independent Liberal">Independent Liberal</a> candidate <a href="/wiki/Bertrand_Russell" title="Bertrand Russell">Bertrand Russell</a>. Russell campaigned in support of <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage" title="Women's suffrage">women's suffrage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Wimbledon by-election, 1907<sup id="cite_ref-craig1885_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since 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title="1907 Hornsey by-election">Hornsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_Rutlandshire_by-election" title="1907 Rutlandshire by-election">Rutland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_North_Monaghan_by-election" title="1907 North Monaghan by-election">North Monaghan</a></li> <li>July: <a href="/wiki/1907_Jarrow_by-election" title="1907 Jarrow by-election">Jarrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_Colne_Valley_by-election" title="1907 Colne Valley by-election">Colne Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_South_Kilkenny_by-election" title="1907 South Kilkenny by-election">South Kilkenny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_East_Wicklow_by-election" title="1907 East Wicklow by-election">East Wicklow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_North_West_Staffordshire_by-election" title="1907 North West Staffordshire by-election">North West Staffordshire</a></li> <li>August: <a href="/wiki/1907_Anglesey_by-election" title="1907 Anglesey by-election">Anglesey</a></li> <li><a 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by-election">Ross</a></li> <li>February: <a href="/wiki/1908_County_Carlow_by-election" title="1908 County Carlow by-election">Carlow County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_St_Austell_by-election" title="1908 St Austell by-election">St Austell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Mid_Glamorganshire_by-election" class="mw-redirect" title="1908 Mid Glamorganshire by-election">Mid Glamorganshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Worcester_by-election" title="1908 Worcester by-election">Worcester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Leeds_South_by-election" title="1908 Leeds South by-election">Leeds South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_North_Leitrim_by-election" title="1908 North Leitrim by-election">North Leitrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_West_Carmarthenshire_by-election" title="1908 West Carmarthenshire by-election">West Carmarthenshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Bewdley_by-election" title="1908 Bewdley by-election">Bewdley</a></li> <li>March: <a href="/wiki/1908_Hastings_by-election" title="1908 Hastings by-election">Hastings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_West_Down_by-election" title="1908 West Down by-election">West Down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Peckham_by-election" title="1908 Peckham by-election">Peckham</a></li> <li>April: <a href="/wiki/1908_West_Derbyshire_by-election" title="1908 West Derbyshire by-election">West Derbyshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Sheffield_Central_by-election" title="1908 Sheffield Central by-election">Sheffield Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Dewsbury_by-election" title="1908 Dewsbury by-election">Dewsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Manchester_North_West_by-election" title="1908 Manchester North West by-election">Manchester North West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Kincardineshire_by-election" title="1908 Kincardineshire by-election">Kincardineshire</a></li> <li>May: <a href="/wiki/1908_Wolverhampton_East_by-election" title="1908 Wolverhampton East by-election">Wolverhampton East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Dundee_by-election" title="1908 Dundee by-election">Dundee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Montrose_Burghs_by-election" title="1908 Montrose Burghs by-election">Montrose Burghs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Newport_by-election" title="1908 Newport by-election">Newport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Stirling_Burghs_by-election" title="1908 Stirling Burghs by-election">Stirling Burghs</a></li> <li>June: <a href="/wiki/1908_Pudsey_by-election" title="1908 Pudsey by-election">Pudsey</a></li> <li>July: <a href="/wiki/1908_Pembrokeshire_by-election" title="1908 Pembrokeshire by-election">Pembrokeshire</a></li> <li>August: <a href="/wiki/1908_Haggerston_by-election" title="1908 Haggerston by-election">Haggerston</a></li> <li>September: <a href="/wiki/1908_Newcastle-upon-Tyne_by-election" title="1908 Newcastle-upon-Tyne by-election">Newcastle-upon-Tyne</a></li> <li>December: <a href="/wiki/1908_Chelmsford_by-election" title="1908 Chelmsford by-election">Chelmsford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1909</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>January: <a href="/wiki/1909_Tamworth_by-election" title="1909 Tamworth by-election">Tamworth</a></li> <li>February: <a href="/wiki/1909_Taunton_by-election" title="1909 Taunton by-election">Taunton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Forfarshire_by-election" title="1909 Forfarshire by-election">Forfarshire</a></li> <li>March: <a href="/wiki/1909_Glasgow_Central_by-election" title="1909 Glasgow Central by-election">Glasgow Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Edinburgh_South_by-election" title="1909 Edinburgh South by-election">Edinburgh South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Hawick_Burghs_by-election" title="1909 Hawick Burghs by-election">Hawick Burghs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Croydon_by-election" title="1909 Croydon by-election">Croydon</a></li> <li>April: <a href="/wiki/1909_East_Denbighshire_by-election" title="1909 East Denbighshire by-election">East Denbighshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Edinburgh_East_by-election" title="1909 Edinburgh East by-election">Edinburgh East</a></li> <li>May: <a href="/wiki/1909_Cork_City_by-election" title="1909 Cork City by-election">Cork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Sheffield_Attercliffe_by-election" title="1909 Sheffield Attercliffe by-election">Sheffield Attercliffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Stratford-on-Avon_by-election" title="1909 Stratford-on-Avon by-election">Stratford-on-Avon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Edinburgh_West_by-election" title="1909 Edinburgh West by-election">Edinburgh West</a></li> <li>June: <a href="/wiki/1909_East_Limerick_by-election" title="1909 East Limerick by-election">East Limerick</a></li> <li>July: <a href="/wiki/1909_Cleveland_by-election" title="1909 Cleveland by-election">Cleveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Mid_Derbyshire_by-election" title="1909 Mid Derbyshire by-election">Mid Derbyshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Dumfries_Burghs_by-election" title="1909 Dumfries Burghs by-election">Dumfries Burghs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_High_Peak_by-election" title="1909 High Peak by-election">High Peak</a></li> <li>August: <a href="/wiki/1909_North_Sligo_by-election" title="1909 North Sligo by-election">North Sligo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_South_Kilkenny_by-election" title="1909 South Kilkenny by-election">South Kilkenny</a></li> <li>September: <a href="/wiki/1909_West_Clare_by-election" title="1909 West Clare by-election">West Clare</a></li> <li>October: <a href="/wiki/1909_Bermondsey_by-election" title="1909 Bermondsey by-election">Bermondsey</a></li> <li>November: <a href="/wiki/1909_South_Armagh_by-election" title="1909 South Armagh by-election">South Armagh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dt>Lists of UK 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title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1868–1885)">1868–1885</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1885%E2%80%931900)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1885–1900)">1885–1900</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1900%E2%80%931918)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1900–1918)">1900–1918</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1918%E2%80%931931)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1918–1931)">1918–1931</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1931%E2%80%931950)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1931–1950)">1931–1950</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1950%E2%80%931979)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1950–1979)">1950–1979</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1979%E2%80%932010)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1979–2010)">1979–2010</a></dd> <dd><a 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