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1917 Rotherham by-election

UK parliamentary by-election

1917 Rotherham by-election

UK parliamentary by-election

Jack Pease

The 1917 Rotherham by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the UK House of Commons constituency of Rotherham in the West Riding of Yorkshire on 5 February 1917.

Vacancy

The by-election was caused by the elevation to the peerage of the sitting Liberal MP, Joseph ‘Jack’ Pease.

Candidates

Arthur Richardson, circa 1905

The Rotherham Liberals adopted Arthur Richardson as their new candidate. Richardson had been Lib-Lab MP for Nottingham South from 1906 until January 1910. Richardson immediately declared his position as being in favour of the successful prosecution of the war and the defeat of German militarism.

No nominations were received from the other parties, who were apparently content to honour the wartime electoral truce and Richardson was therefore returned unopposed.

Result

References

References

  1. The Times, 22 December 1916 p8
  2. The Times, 1 January 1917 p5
  3. The Times, 1 January 1917 p5
  4. F W S Craig, ''British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918''; Macmillan Press, 1974 p445
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