1904 West Monmouthshire by-election

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1904 West Monmouthshire
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  1900 3 November 1904 1906  
  Thomas Richards crop.jpg J.A. Cockburn.jpg
Candidate Richards Cockburn
Party Lib-Lab Independent
Popular vote7,9953,360
Percentage70.4%29.6%

West mon 1885.jpg

MP before election

Sir William Harcourt
Liberal

Subsequent MP

Thomas Richards
Lib-Lab

The West Monmouthshire by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 3 November 1904. [1] The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

The seat was vacant following the death of the seat's incumbent MP Sir William Vernon Harcourt. Thomas Richards was elected in his place.

Harcourt 1895 Sir William Harcourt.jpg
Harcourt
General election 1900: West Monmouthshire [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Vernon Harcourt 5,976 71.3 -7.4
Conservative Iltyd William Henry Gardner2,40128.7+7.4
Majority3,57542.6-14.8
Turnout 8,37775.1-5.1
Registered electors 11,150
Liberal hold Swing -7.4

Result

Richards Thomas Richards 1905.JPG
Richards
1904 West Monmouthshire by-election [5] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lib-Lab Thomas Richards 7,995 70.4 -0.9
Independent 3,36029.6N/A
Majority4,63540.8-1.8
Turnout 11,35575.1±0.0
Registered electors 15,127
Lib-Lab hold Swing
General election 1906: West Monmouthshire [6] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lib-Lab Thomas Richards Unopposed
Registered electors
Lib-Lab hold

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References

  1. Craig, F.W.S. (1987). Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 98.
  2. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  3. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  4. 1 2 3 Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 (1 ed.). London and Basingstoke: The Macmillan Press Ltd. ISBN   9780333169032. Page 485
  5. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  6. The Liberal Year Book, 1907