1900 Manchester South by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

The 1900 Manchester South by-election was held on 25 May 1900. The seat had become vacant when the Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament, the Marquess of Lorne had succeeded to the peerage as Duke of Argyll on the death of his father, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll on 24 April 1900. The Marquess of Lorne had been Member of Parliament for the constituency since 1895.

Candidates

The Liberal Unionist candidate was William Peel. Peel was the son of Arthur Peel, 1st Viscount Peel. Peel had been the London County Council member for Woolwich since a by-election on 24 February 1900.[1] Peel represented the Municipal Reform Party on the L.C.C. which was aligned with the Conservative Party.[2][3]

The Liberal Party candidate was Leif Jones. Jones was the secretary to Rosalind Howard, Countess of Carlisle, and an executive member of the United Kingdom Alliance, a temperance movement.[4] Jones had contested Westminster in 1892 and Leeds Central in 1895 as a Liberal candidate.

Result

The Liberal Unionist Party held the seat with a greatly increased majority.

1900 Manchester South by-election[5][6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist William Peel 5,497 61.4 +11.0
Liberal Leifchild Jones 3,458 38.6 −11.0
Majority 2,039 22.8 +22.0
Turnout 8,955 76.0 −4.7
Registered electors 11,788
Liberal Unionist hold Swing +11.0

References

  1. ^ "London County Council election at Woolwich". The Times. No. 36075. London. 26 February 1900. p. 7.
  2. ^ Lord Peel, Family Tradition Of Statesmanship, The Times, 30 September 1937, p. 14
  3. ^ Alex May (2004). "Peel, William Robert Wellesley, first Earl Peel (1867–1937)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
  4. ^ Blocker, Jr., Jack; Fahey, David M.; Tyrrell, Ian R., eds. (2003). "Jones, Leif (1862-1939)". Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History: An International Encyclopedia. Vol. One: A-L. Santa Barbara, California: ABL-CLIO, Inc. pp. 340–341. ISBN 1-57607-833-7.
  5. ^ Craig, F.W.S. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918. London and Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-349-02300-4.
  6. ^ The Liberal Year Book for 1908. London: The Liberal Publication Department. 1908. pp. 304–305.
  7. ^ The Constitutional Year Book for 1919. London: National Unionist Association. 1919. p. 302.
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