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1900 Portsmouth by-election

UK parliamentary by-election

1900 Portsmouth by-election
Summary

UK parliamentary by-election

The 1900 Portsmouth by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 3 May 1900 for one of the two seats in the British House of Commons constituency of Portsmouth in Hampshire.

Vacancy

The seat had become vacant when the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) Walter Clough had resigned his seat on 23 April 1900 by the technical device of accepting appointment as Steward of the Manor of Northstead, a notional "office of profit under The Crown". The writ for the by-election was moved in the Commons three days later, on 26 April.

Previous result

Walter Clough

Electorate 24,057}}

Candidates

The Liberal Party selected Thomas Bramsdon, a 43-year-old solicitor and a native of Portsmouth. The Conservative Party selected 29-year-old James Majendie.

Result

The result was a narrow victory for Bramsdon.

T.A. Bramsdon

Electorate 26,698}} However, he held the seat only briefly; at the general election in October 1900, he lost his seat to Majendie.

References

;Bibliography

  • {{cite book |author-link= F. W. S. Craig |orig-year=1974

References

  1. (26 April 1900). "House of Commons debates". [[Hansard.
  2. [https://archive.org/details/constitutionaly07unkngoog The Constitutional Year Book], 1904, published by [[Conservative Central Office]], page 172 (196 in web page)
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