1897 Deptford by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election March 2023 March 2023 The 1897 Deptford by-election was held on 15 November 1897 following the appointment of the incumbent Conservative MP, Charles Darling as a judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. Candidates The Conservative Party candidate was Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton. Morton was the London County Council member for Rotherhithe and had contested Manchester North at the previous general election. The Liberal Party candidate was John Benn. Benn was the London County Council member for Kennington, and had previously served on the council for Finsbury East.Willis Alan John Woollard Twentieth Century Local Election Results Volume 1: Election Results For the London County Council (1889–1961) and London Metropolitan Boroughs (1900–1928) Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre 2000 Plymouth He had also served as Member of Parliament for Tower Hamlets, St George from 1892 to his defeat in 1895. Result 1897 Deptford 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 12 978-1-349-02300-4 1908 The Liberal Year Book for 1908 https://archive.org/details/liberalyearbook01unkngoog/ London The Liberal Publication Department 240–241 1919 The Constitutional Year Book for 1919 https://archive.org/details/constitutional1919londuoft/ London National Unionist Association 281 Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton 5,317 51.6 -4.5 Liberal Party (UK) John Benn 4,993 48.4 +4.5 324 3.2 −9.0 10,310 74.3 +1.3 13,868 Conservative Party (UK) −4.5 References Deptford by-election Deptford,1897 Category:1897 in England Category:1897 in London Deptford,1897