1890 Partick by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2017 April 2017 The 1890 Partick by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in Scotland on 11 February 1890 for the British House of Commons constituency of Partick. It was caused by the death of the constituency's sitting Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) Alexander Craig Sellar, who had held the seat since the 1885 general election. He had been elected as a Liberal in 1885, but joined the breakaway Liberal Unionists in 1886, and was re-elected at the election of 1886 as a Liberal Unionist. General election 1886: Partick Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889 Liberal Unionist Party Alexander Craig Sellar 3,745 56.0 +7.9 Liberal Party (UK) Robert Allan McLean 2,944 44.0 -7.9 801 12.0 N/A 6,689 74.8 -5.5 Liberal Unionist Party Liberal Party (UK) +8.4 Result The seat was held for the Liberal Unionists by James Parker Smith; Partick by-election, 1890 Liberal Unionist Party James Parker Smith 4,148 51.4 -4.6 Liberal Party (UK) Charles Tennant 3,929 48.6 +4.6 219 2.8 -9.2 8,077 85.7 +10.9 Liberal Unionist Party -4.6 Aftermath General election 1892: Partick Whitaker's Almanack, 1893 Liberal Unionist Party James Parker Smith 5,005 53.9 -2.1 Liberal Party (UK) Edward Tennant 4,278 46.1 +2.1 727 7.8 -4.2 9,283 81.1 +6.3 Liberal Unionist Party -2.1 References Category:1890 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1890 in Scotland Category:1890s elections in Scotland Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Glasgow constituencies Category:Lanarkshire Category:1890s in Glasgow