1886 Battersea by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 The 1886 Battersea by-election was held on 1 March 1886 after the incumbent Liberal MP, Octavius Vaughan Morgan resigned to seek re-election to pre-empt disqualification. He was returned unopposed.https://books.google.com/books?id=ah2vCwAAQBAJ&q=British+Parliamentary+Election+Results+1885-1918 British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918 9781349022984 Craig F. W. S. 1974-06-18 Springer At the 1885 general election Morgan was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Battersea. His right to sit was questioned in 1886, as his family company Morgan Crucible held government contracts, from which he had disassociated himself before his nomination. Morgan took the Manor of Northstead to resign from Parliament until the question was settled, and was returned unopposed at the ensuing by-election in March 1886. He held the seat at the general election in July 1886, and sat for Battersea until 1892.b 1 March 2012 1886 Battersea by-election Liberal Party (UK) Octavius Morgan 10,019 Liberal Party (UK) References Category:Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in English constituencies Category:Battersea Battersea by-election Battersea,1886 Battersea,1886 Battersea by-election