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The '''[[Woolwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Woolwich]] by-election''' was a [[UK Parliamentary by-elections|Parliamentary by-election]] held on 25 April 1902.<ref>{{cite book |last=Craig |first=F.W.S. |date=1987 |title=Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987 |location=Chichester |publisher=Parliamentary Research Services |page=96}}</ref> The constituency returned one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]], elected by the [[first past the post]] voting system.

The seat had become vacant following the resignation of the incumbent [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] MP, [[Edwin Hughes (politician)|Edwin Hughes]] due to ill health.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=23 April 1902 |title=The Member for Woolwich |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/88709700/8880140 |work=The Kalgoorlie Miner |location=Kalgoorlie |page=5 |access-date=14 April 2023 }}</ref> Hughes vacated his Parliamentary seat by being appointed [[List of stewards of the Chiltern Hundreds|Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds]] on 18 April 1902.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27427 |date=22 April 1902|page=2687}}</ref> Hughes had been [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for the constituency since the [[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885 general election]].

==Candidates==
The Conservative candidate was [[Lord Charles Beresford]]. He had served as Member of Parliament for [[County Waterford (UK Parliament constituency)|County Waterford]] from [[1874 United Kingdom general election|1874]] to [[1880 United Kingdom general election|1880]], for [[Marylebone East (UK Parliament constituency)|Marylebone East]] from [[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]] to [[1889 Marylebone East by-election|1889]], and for [[City of York (UK Parliament constituency)|City of York]] from [[1898 York by-election|1898]] to [[1900 York by-election|1900]]. He had been second in command of the [[Mediterranean Fleet]] from January 1900 to February 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Court circular|date=5 February 1902 |page=10 |issue=36683}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Beresford |first=Lord Charles |author-link=Lord Charles Beresford |date=1914 |title=The Memoirs of Lord Charles Beresford |volume=II |url=https://archive.org/details/memoirsadmirall01unkngoog/ |location=Boston |publisher=Little, Brown & Company |page=469 |isbn=}}</ref>

Contemporary press reports suggested [[Frank Hugh O'Donnell]] would stand as a [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] candidate.<ref name="eveningexpress">{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=23 April 1902|title=Woolwich election |url=https://papuraunewydd.llyfrgell.cymru/view/3485830/3485832 |work=Evening Express |location= |page=2 |access-date=14 April 2023 }}</ref> O'Donnell had been [[Home Rule League|Home Rule]] Member of Parliament for [[Dungarvan (UK Parliament constituency)|Dungarvan]] from [[1877 Dungarvan by-election|1877]] to [[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]]. However, in the end no Liberal candidate stood.

==Result==
The date for nominations was set for Friday 25 April and polling day for Wednesday 30 April.<ref name="eveningexpress"/><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=24 April 1902 |title=Woolwich Election |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9581516 |work=The Mercury |location=Hobart |page=3 |access-date=14 April 2023 }}</ref> As only one candidate was nominated, there was no poll.

{{Election box begin |
  |title=1902 Woolwich by-election<ref>{{cite book |last=Craig |first=F.W.S. |author-link=F. W. S. Craig |date=1974 |title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ah2vCwAAQBAJ |location=London and Basingstoke |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |page=60 |isbn=978-1-349-02300-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1919 |title=The Constitutional Year Book for 1919 |url=https://archive.org/details/constitutional1919londuoft/ |location=London |publisher=National Unionist Association |page=289 |isbn=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1908 |title=The Liberal Year Book for 1908|url=https://archive.org/details/liberalyearbook01unkngoog/ |location=London |publisher=The Liberal Publication Department |pages=362–363 |isbn=}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party      = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate  = [[Lord Charles Beresford|Charles Beresford]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors     = 15,376
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
  |winner     = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
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