1916 Hyde by-election

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.

[4][5] In 1914 the Hyde Unionist Association had selected James Leadbitter Knott as their prospective parliamentary candidate in anticipation of a 1914/15 general election.

Due to the wartime party truce, the Unionists chose not to oppose the Liberal candidate and Jacobsen was endorsed by the Asquith led Coalition Government.

Davies was the nominee of the National Union of Attested Married Men, an organisation opposed to the government's policy on conscription.

The Lloyd George led Coalition Government chose not to endorse Jacobsen but his Unionist opponent, the sitting MP for Stalybridge.