title: 1912 South East Essex by-election
text: # 1912 South East Essex by-election
  
  The 1912 South East Essex by-election was held on 16 March 1912. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, John Hendley Morrison Kirkwood. It was won by the Conservative candidate Rupert Guinness, who was unopposed. Guinness had previously been MP for Haggerston.
  
  