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The Liverpool East Toxteth by-election, 1902 was a parliamentary by-election held in England on 6 November 1902 for the House of Commons constituency of Liverpool East Toxteth.

Vacancy

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The vacancy was caused by the resignation from the Commons of the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Augustus Frederick Warr. His wife's long-term illness and an increasing workload at Westminster were conflicting with work as a solicitor in Liverpool,[1] so he took the Chiltern Hundreds on 27 October 1910.[2][3]

Warr had held the seat since being elected unopposed at a by-election in 1895.[4][5]

Candidates

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Result

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Aftermath

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Votes

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Election Political result Candidate Party Votes % ±%
By-election, November 1902[4]
resignation of Warr
Electorate: 9,485
Turnout: 6,843 (72.1%)
Conservative
Majority: 377 (5.6%)
Austin TaylorConservative3,61052.8n/a
Herbert R. Rathbone[6] Liberal3,23347.2n/a
General election, October 1900[4]Conservative hold Augustus Frederick WarrConservativeunopposed

References

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  1. ^ "Election Intelligence. Liverpool (East Toxteth Division)". The Times. 27 October 1902. p. 10, col B. Retrieved 8 September 2012.(subscription required)
  2. ^ "Election Intelligence. Liverpool (East Toxteth Division)". The Times. 29 October 1902. p. 8. Retrieved 8 September 2012.(subscription required)
  3. ^ "No. 27488". The London Gazette. 28 October 1902.
  4. ^ a b c Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1989]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 139. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  5. ^ "Election Intelligence: Liverpool (East Toxteth division)". The Times. 30 November 1895. p. 11, column E. Retrieved 8 September 2012.(subscription required)
  6. ^ Herbert Rathbone was the nephew of William Rathbone MP (1819–1902). Source "The Rathbone Connection". Retrieved 8 September 2012.

See also

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Category:1902 elections in the United Kingdom East Toxteth, 1902 Category:Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom Category:1902 in England Category:Toxteth