Vickerman Rutherford

He was educated at Royal High School, Edinburgh and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.^[1]

He first stood for parliament at the 1900 General Election as Liberal Party candidate for Osgoldcross. He was then elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Brentford at the 1906 General Election.^[1] He was defeated at the January 1910 General election and did not contest the General Election in December 1910. He sought a return to parliament at the 1918 General Election when he stood as Liberal candidate at Bishop Auckland, without the support of the Coalition government 'coupon'. Coalition government endorsement was instead given to another Liberal candidate and as a result Rutherford finished third.^[2] He switched his support to the Labour Party and contested the 1920 by-election in Sunderland and finished second.^[3][4][5]

General election 1922: Sunderland^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Y Walter Raine	28,001	25.0	n/a
	Unionist	Y Luke Thompson	24,591	22.0	n/a
	National Liberal	Hamar Greenwood	19,058	17.0	n/a
	Labour	David Baxter Lawley	13,683	12.2	n/a
	Labour	Vickerman Rutherford	13,490	12.1	n/a
	Liberal	Andrew Common	13,036	11.7	n/a
Turnout				81.6	+26.2
Majority			5,533	5.0	n/a
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a
Majority					n/a
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	n/a