1894 Hackney South by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election March 2023 March 2023 The 1894 Hackney South by-election was held on 7 May 1894 following the resignation of the incumbent Liberal MP, Sir Charles Russell, prior to being made a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. Russell vacated his Parliamentary seat by being appointed Steward of the Manor of Northstead on 26 April 1894. 26507 27 April 1894 2430 Candidates The Conservative Party candidate was Thomas Herbert Robertson, a barrister. 1895 The Popular Guide to the new House of Commons 1895 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044090348574 London 69 He had contested the constituency at the previous general election. The Liberal Party candidate was John Fletcher Moulton. Moulton had been the Member of Parliament for Clapham from 1885 to 1886 and had contested Nottingham South in 1892. Result 1894 Hackney South by-electionCraig F.W.S. F. W. S. Craig 1974 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918 https://books.google.com/books?id=ah2vCwAAQBAJ London and Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan 20 978-1-349-02300-4 1908 The Liberal Year Book for 1908 https://archive.org/details/liberalyearbook01unkngoog/ London The Liberal Publication Department 268–269 1919 The Constitutional Year Book for 1919 https://archive.org/details/constitutional1919londuoft/ London National Unionist Association 282 Liberal Party (UK) John Fletcher Moulton 4,530 51.1 −6.3 Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Robertson 4,338 48.9 +6.3 192 2.2 −12.6 8,868 75.9 +5.9 11,688 Liberal Party (UK) −6.3 References Hackney South by-election Hackney South,1894 Category:1894 in England Category:1894 in London Hackney South,1894