Английская Википедия:1905 Stalybridge by-election
Шаблон:Use dmy dates The Stalybridge by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 7 January 1905.[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.
Vacancy
The by-election was caused by the succession of the sitting Conservative MP, Matthew White Ridley to his father's viscountcy on 28 November 1904. Ridley had been MP for Stalybridge since the 1900 general election.
Electoral history
The seat had been Conservative since they gained it in 1885. They held the seat at the last election, with a reduced majority, the smallest majority since before they gained it: Шаблон:Election box begin Шаблон:Election box winning candidate with party link Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link Шаблон:Election box majority Шаблон:Election box turnout Шаблон:Election box hold with party link Шаблон:Election box end
Candidates
- The local Conservative Association selected 31-year-old James Travis-Clegg as their candidate to defend the seat. He was standing for parliament for the first time. He was from Crompton, Lancashire. In 1898 he had been elected to Lancashire County Council.[2]
- The local Liberal Association re-selected 70-year-old John Frederick Cheetham who had been their candidate in 1900 when he had achieved a swing of 4.5%. Cheetham was born in Stalybridge, Cheshire, the eldest son of John Cheetham, a local cotton manufacturer who became a Member of Parliament for South Lancashire in 1852. Cheetham took over control of the family business, which employed 1,400 in two mills. He contested several elections before being returned as MP for North Derbyshire at the 1880 general election. He held that seat for five years, until the constituency was abolished at the 1885 general election, when he stood unsuccessfully in the new High Peak constituency.[3] He contested High Peak again in 1892,[3] and was also unsuccessful in Bury at the 1895 general election.[4]
Campaign
Although the vacancy was known on 28 November 1904, Polling Day was fixed for 7 January 1905.
Result
The Liberals gained the seat from the Conservatives:
Шаблон:Election box begin Шаблон:Election box winning candidate with party link Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link Шаблон:Election box majority Шаблон:Election box turnout Шаблон:Election box gain with party link Шаблон:Election box end
Aftermath
At the following General Election Cheetham and Travis-Clegg faced each other again. The Liberal held onto the seat with a reduced majority: Шаблон:Election box begin Шаблон:Election box winning candidate with party link Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link Шаблон:Election box majority Шаблон:Election box turnout Шаблон:Election box hold with party link Шаблон:Election box end
See also
References
Шаблон:By-elections to the 27th UK Parliament
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ ‘TRAVIS-CLEGG, Sir James Travis’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 8 April 2015
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Craig, British parliamentary election results 1885–1918, page 89
- Английская Википедия
- Страницы с неработающими файловыми ссылками
- History of Cheshire
- 1905 in England
- 1905 elections in the United Kingdom
- Politics of Cheshire
- Elections in Cheshire
- By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Cheshire constituencies
- 20th century in Cheshire
- Stalybridge
- Страницы, где используется шаблон "Навигационная таблица/Телепорт"
- Страницы с телепортом
- Википедия
- Статья из Википедии
- Статья из Английской Википедии
