List of United Kingdom by-elections (1885–1900)

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This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom held between 1885 and 1900, with the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective parties. Where seats changed political party at the election, the result is highlighted: light blue for a Conservative (including Liberal Unionist and Irish Unionist) gain, yellow for a Liberal (including Liberal-Labour) gain, light green for an Irish Parliamentary Party (including the Irish National Federation Anti-Parnellite Nationalist group, but not the Irish National League Parnellite Nationalist faction when the IPP was split between 1891 and 1900) gain and grey for any other gain.

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[edit] By-elections

[edit] 26th Parliament (1895–1900)
By-election Year Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause
Oldham 8 July 1899 Robert Ascroft Conservative Alfred Emmott Liberal
James Francis Oswald Conservative Walter Runciman Liberal
City of York January 1898 Frank Lockwood Liberal Charles Beresford Conservative Death
Barnsley October 1897 Earl Compton Liberal Joseph Walton Liberal Succession to the peerage
Sheffield Brightside August 1897 Anthony John Mundella Liberal Frederick Maddison Lib-Lab Death
Bradford East November 1896 Henry Byron Reed Ronald Henry Fulke Greville Conservative
Inverness Burghs 31 August 18951 Robert Finlay Liberal Unionist Robert Finlay Liberal Unionist Solicitor General2
1 An uncontested by-election.
2 Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.

[edit] 25th Parliament (1892–1895)
By-election Year Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause
Holborn 12 August 18921 Gainsford Bruce Conservative Sir Charles Hall Conservative Judge of the High Court of Justice2
1 An uncontested by-election.
2 Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.

[edit] 24th Parliament (1886–1892)
By-election Year Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause
Mid Lanarkshire April 1888 Stephen Mason Liberal John Wynford Philipps Liberal
Hampstead 11 August 18861 Sir Henry Holland Conservative Sir Henry Holland Conservative Vice President of the Committee
of Council on Education2
1 An uncontested by-election.
2 Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.

[edit] 23rd Parliament (1885–1886)
By-election Year Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause
Queen's County Ossory 12 February 18861 Arthur O'Connor Irish Parliamentary Stephen O'Mara Irish Parliamentary Chose to sit for East Donegal
Galway Borough 11 February 1886 Thomas Power O'Connor Irish Parliamentary William Henry O'Shea 3 Irish Parliamentary Chose to sit for Liverpool Scotland
North Monaghan 10 February 1886 Timothy Michael Healy Irish Parliamentary Patrick O'Brien Irish Parliamentary Chose to sit for South Londonderry
Mid Armagh 1 February 1886 John McKane Conservative Sir James Porter Corry Conservative Death
County Carlow 29 January 18861 Edmund Dwyer Gray Irish Parliamentary John Aloysius Blake Irish Parliamentary Chose to sit for Dublin St Stephen's Green
Croydon 27 January 1886 William Grantham Conservative Sidney Herbert Conservative Judge of the High Court of Justice2
1 An uncontested by-election.
2 Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.
3 The biographical article on William Henry O'Shea suggests he was not a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party. However Walker classifies O'Shea as a Nationalist candidate which, for someone standing at an election in 1886, implies membership of the Irish Parliamentary Party.
By-elections in the United Kingdom
British Parliament: 1885–1900 • 1900–1918 • 1918–1931 • 1931–1950 • 1950–1979 • 1979–present
Scottish Parliament • Welsh Assembly • Northern Irish Parliament


[edit] References

  • List of MPs since 1660
  • F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Statistics 1832-1987
  • F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918
  • F. W. S. Craig, Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833-1987
  • Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)