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The '''1910 Reading by-election''' was a parliamentary [[by-election]] held for the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] constituency of [[Reading (UK Parliament constituency)|Reading]] in [[Berkshire]] on 12 March 1910.

==Vacancy==
The by-election was caused by the appointment of the sitting [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]], [[Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading|Rufus Isaacs]] [[King's Counsel|KC]] as [[Solicitor General for England and Wales]].<ref>The Times, 7 March 1910 p6</ref> Under the Parliamentary rules applicable at the time if Isaacs wished to remain an MP he had to resign and fight a by-election.

==Candidates==
The Reading Liberals re-selected Isaacs to try to retain his seat which he had held since winning it in a by-election on 6 August 1904.<ref>The Times, 8 March 1910 p9</ref> At the previous general election held in [[January 1910 United Kingdom general election|January 1910]] he had retained the seat but with a majority of just 207 votes.<ref>''The Times House of Commons 1910''; Politico’s Publishing, 2004 p48</ref>

A meeting of [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] leaders in the constituency met hurriedly on 7 March 1910 to consider their position. It was reported that there was a majority in favour of contesting the by-election, especially if their general election candidate [[Leslie Renton|Major A L Renton]], could be persuaded to stand again.<ref>The Times, 8 March 1910 p9</ref> Renton had formerly been Liberal MP for [[Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Gainsborough]] but had defected to the [[Tories]]. Isaacs did his best to put pressure on Renton and the Unionists not to contest the election announcing that the borough of [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] should not have to be subjected to the disruption of trade that a by-election would produce. He later also suggested that the honour of his appointment was being bestowed not just upon him but upon the citizens of Reading as a whole.<ref>The Times, 14 March 1910 p12</ref> Members of the Reading Conservative Association met on 8 March to discuss the by-election and decided not to put up a candidate.<ref>The Times, 9 March 1910 p12</ref> The fact that there would very likely be another general election within a few months encouraged the Conservatives to save their fire and wait for that contest rather than fight an expensive by-election.<ref>''H Montgomery Hyde, Lord Reading: The Life of Rufus Isaacs, First Marquess of Reading''; Heinemann, 1967 p79</ref>

There was no tradition of Parliamentary elections in Reading being contested by the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]<ref>''The Times House of Commons 1910''; Politico’s Publishing, 2004 p48</ref>
and they also chose not to oppose Isaacs.

==The result==
There being no other candidates putting themselves forward therefore, Isaacs was returned unopposed.<ref>The Times, 14 March 1910 p12</ref>  
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 |party = Liberal Party (UK)
 |candidate = [[Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading|Rufus Isaacs]]
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==See also==
*[[List of United Kingdom by-elections]] 
*[[United Kingdom by-election records]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{By-elections to the 29th UK Parliament}}
{{Reading, Berkshire}}

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[[Category:Politics of Reading, Berkshire]]
[[Category:20th century in Berkshire]]
[[Category:March 1910 events]]
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