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