Gordon Harvey
Parliament
Table:
General Election 1906: Rochdale

Party

Candidate

Votes

%

±%

Liberal

Alexander Gordon Cummins Harvey

5,912

45.9

0.0

Conservative

Clement Royds

4,449

34.6

−11.5

Independent Labour

Samuel George Hobson

2,506

19.5

Majority

1,463

11.3

Turnout

12,867

93.0

+5.9

Liberal gain from Conservative

Swing

With reference to the table titled Gordon Harvey — section "Parliament", answer the following question with a short sentence: Which candidate has more votes? Harvey or Royds? Return your answer as JSON: {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Harvey beat Royds by 1,463 votes.