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1896 St Pancras South by-election
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UK Parliamentary by-election
March 2023
March 2023
The 1896 St Pancras South by-election was held on 28 January 1896 following the death of the incumbent Liberal Unionist MP, Sir Julian Goldsmid on 7 January 1896.
Candidates
The Liberal Unionist candidate was Herbert Jessel. Jessel was the son-in-law of Sir Julian Goldsmid and had been a captain of the 17th Lancers. 1901 Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901 https://archive.org/details/debrettshouseo1901londuoft/ London Dean & Son, Limited 78 The Conservative Party was in an alliance with the Liberal Unionist Party and supported Jessel.
The Liberal Party candidate was George Montagu Harris. Harris had contested this constituency at the previous general election.
Nominations closed on 24 January 1896. 17 January 1896 South St. Pancras https://newspaperarchive.com/london-standard-jan-17-1896-p-3/ London Standard 3 London 7 March 2023
Result
1896 St Pancras 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 41 978-1-349-02300-4 1908 The Liberal Year Book for 1908 https://archive.org/details/liberalyearbook01unkngoog/ London The Liberal Publication Department 330–331 1919 The Constitutional Year Book for 1919 https://archive.org/details/constitutional1919londuoft/ London National Unionist Association 286
Liberal Unionist Party
Herbert Jessel
2,631
65.7
−0.8
Liberal Party (UK)
George Montagu Harris
1,375
34.3
+0.8
1,256
31.4
−1.6
4,006
72.3
+6.3
5,544
Liberal Unionist Party
−0.8
References
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