1900 Blackpool by-election

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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Worsley-Taylor	7,059	55.8
	Liberal	Joseph Heap	5,589	44.2
Majority			1,470	11.6
Turnout			12,648	78.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

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