1913 Chorley by-election

[1] 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.

Upon the death of his father on 31 January 1913, he inherited the title of the Earl of Crawford and a seat in the House of Lords.

The Unionist candidate Sir Henry Hibbert was a leading proponent of full Tariff Reform who had done much to define the policy in the 1880s.

However, the Unionist national leadership had decided by 1913 to shelve the policy with respect to food duties.

[7] On 17 February in a message to the Unionist candidate, party leader Bonar Law said he would be "greatly disappointed if you do not retain it (the seat) by a majority as large as was given at the last election to Lord Balcarres.