1904 Horsham by-election

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1904 Horsham by-election
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  1900 11 November 1904 1906  
  Viscount Turnour.jpg Lestocq Erskine crop.jpg
Candidate Turnour Erskine
Party Conservative Liberal
Popular vote4,3883,604
Percentage54.945.1

MP before election

Johnstone
Conservative

Subsequent MP

Viscount Turnour
Conservative

The 1904 Horsham by-election was held on 11 November 1904. This resulted in the election of the Conservative, Viscount Turnour.

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Electoral history

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General election 1900: Horsham [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Heywood Johnstone Unopposed
Conservative hold

Result

Horsham by-election, 1904 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Viscount Turnour 4,388 54.9 N/A
Liberal Lestocq Robert Erskine 3,60445.1New
Majority7849.8N/A
Turnout 7,99278.5N/A
Registered electors 10,183
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Aftermath

General election 1906: Horsham [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Viscount Turnour 4,903 53.4 -1.5
Liberal Lestocq Robert Erskine 4,28646.6+1.5
Majority6176.8-3.0
Turnout 9,18987.4+8.9
Registered electors 10,508
Conservative hold Swing -1.5

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References

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