- City of London by-election, February 1906
-
The City of London by-election, February 1906 was a parliamentary by-election held on 27 February 1906 for the British House of Commons constituency of City of London, which covered the "Square Mile" which was the United Kingdom's traditional financial district.
The seat had become vacant on the resignation of Alban George Henry Gibbs, one of the constituency's two Conservative Members of Parliament (MPs). Gibbs had resigned in order to provide a safe seat for Arthur James Balfour. He would go on to succeed his father, Hucks Gibbs, as Baron Aldenham the following year.
Balfour had been out of Parliament following his defeat at Manchester East in the 1906 general election. He had been Prime Minister between 1902 and 1905 and at the time was Leader of the Conservative Party, with Joseph Chamberlain filling in as Leader of the Opposition while Balfour was out of Parliament.
Contents
Candidates
Thomas Gibson Bowles, who had been Unionist Member of Parliament for King's Lynn from 1892 until 1906 stood as a Free Trader candidate. The Free Traders were a group of former Conservatives opposed to Balfour's policy of tariff reform, instead preferring free trade.
Votes
City of London by-election, February 1906 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Rt Hon. Arthur James Balfour 15,474 78.92 +78.92 Free Trader Thomas Gibson Bowles 4,134 21.08 +21.08 Majority 11,340 57.83 N/A' Turnout 31,030 63.19 -5.5 Conservative hold Swing N/A 1906 General Election: City of London (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Sir Edward George Clarke 16,019 38.13 N/A Conservative Hon. Alban George Henry Gibbs 15,619 37.17 N/A Liberal Felix G. Schuster 5,313 12.65 N/A Liberal Sir (Joseph) West Ridgeway 5,064 12.05 N/A Turnout 31,030 68.7 N/A Conservative hold Swing N/A Conservative hold Swing N/A See also
- List of United Kingdom by-elections
- City of London constituency
- City of London by-election, 1887
- City of London by-election, April 1891
- City of London by-election, June 1891
- City of London by-election, 1904
- City of London by-election, June 1906
- City of London by-election, 1922
- City of London by-election, 1938
- City of London by-election, 1940
References
« 27th Parliament « By-elections to the 28th Parliament of the United Kingdom » 29th Parliament » 1906 February: Westbury • City of London • East Aberdeenshire • North Galway • North Leitrim • March: North Kilkenny • Basingstoke • Leicester • April: Eye • May: Dulwich • June: Eifion • City of London • St George’s, Hanover Square • July: Bodmin • East Tyrone • August: Cockermouth • East Denbighshire • October: Mid Glamorgan • November: Galway • North Armagh • Huddersfield • December: Mid Cork1907 January: North East Derbyshire • February: Perth • Banffshire • North Monmouthshire • Aberdeen South • Brigg • March: Halifax • North Tyrone • Hexham • April: South Westmeath • Belfast North • May: Stepney • Wimbledon • June: Hornsey • Rutland • North Monaghan • July: Jarrow • Colne Valley • South Kilkenny • East Wicklow • North West Staffordshire • August: Anglesey • Bury St Edmunds • September: West Down • South Longford • Liverpool Kirkdale • November: Kingston-upon-Hull West1908 January: Ashburton • Ross • February: • Carlow County • St Austell • Mid Glamorgan • Worcester • Leeds South • North Leitrim • West Carmarthenshire • Bewdley • March: Hastings • West Down • Peckham • April: West Derbyshire • Sheffield Central • Dewsbury • Manchester North West • Kincardineshire • May: Wolverhampton East • Dundee • Montrose Burghs • Newport • Stirling Burghs • June: Pudsey • July: Pembrokeshire • August: Haggerston • September: Newcastle-upon-Tyne • December: Chelmsford1909 January: Tamworth • February: Taunton • Forfarshire • March: Glasgow Central • Edinburgh South • Hawick Burghs • Croydon • April: East Denbighshire • Edinburgh East • May: Cork • Sheffield Attercliffe • Stratford-on-Avon • Edinburgh West • June: East Limerick • July: Cleveland • Mid Derbyshire • Dumfries Burghs • High Peak • August: North Sligo • South Kilkenny • September: West Clare • October: Bermondsey • November: South ArmaghLists of UK by-elections: 1868–1885 • 1885–1900 • 1900–1918 • 1918–1931 • 1931–1950 • 1950–1979 • 1979–present Categories:- 1906 elections in the United Kingdom
- 1906 in London
- By-elections to the United Kingdom Parliament in London constituencies
- Elections in the City of London
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
