1900 Blackpool by-election

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The 1900 Blackpool by-election was held on 21 December 1900 after the incumbent Conservative MP Sir Matthew Ridley was appointed Crown Stewart and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds on 11 December 1900, [1] ahead of being elevated to the peerage as Viscount Ridley on 17 December 1900. [2] Ridley had been Home Secretary from 1895 to 12 November 1900.

The seat was retained by the Conservative candidate Henry Worsley-Taylor.

Blackpool by-election, 1900 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Worsley-Taylor 7,059 55.8
Liberal Joseph Heap5,58944.2
Majority1,47011.6
Turnout 12,64878.2
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. "No. 27256". The London Gazette . 14 December 1900. p. 8461.
  2. "No. 27257". The London Gazette . 18 December 1900. p. 8538.
  3. The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 146 (170 in web page), Lancashire North