1886 Sheffield Brightside by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 The 1886 Sheffield Brightside by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Sheffield Brightside in the West Riding of Yorkshire on 9 February 1886. Vacancy Under the provisions of the Succession to the Crown Act 1707 and a number of subsequent Acts, MPs appointed to certain ministerial and legal offices were at this time required to seek re-election.F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918; Macmillan Press, 1974 pxiv The by-election in Sheffield was caused by the appointment to the Cabinet of the sitting Liberal MP, Anthony John Mundella as President of the Board of Trade.Jonathan Spain, Anthony John Mundella in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online, 2004-13 Candidates Mundella had been the MP for Sheffield Brightside since 1885F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918; Macmillan Press, 1974 p184 and before that had represented Sheffield since 1868.F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1832-1885; Macmillan Press, 1977 pp273-274 He had held a number of government posts before and sought re-election again now as President of the Board of Trade.The Times, 9 February 1886, p5 Although he had been opposed by the Conservative Lord Edmund Talbot in 1885, the Tories did not wish to contest Mundella’s appointment to the government and there being no other nominations, Mundella was returned unopposed.F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918; Macmillan Press, 1974 p174 The result Sheffield Brightside by-election, 1886The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 174 (198 in web page) Liberal Party (UK) Anthony John Mundella Unopposed N/A N/A Liberal Party (UK) See also List of United Kingdom by-elections United Kingdom by-election records References Category:1886 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1886 in England Category:19th century in Yorkshire Category:February 1886 in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Sheffield constituencies Category:Unopposed ministerial by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in English constituencies Category:19th century in Sheffield