1916 Bolton by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 The 1916 Bolton by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Bolton on 29 February 1916. The seat had become vacant when the Liberal Thomas Taylor (one of the constituency's two Members of Parliament) resigned.The Times, 1 March 1916 & 17 February 1916 Taylor had also won the seat at a by-election four years earlier. The Liberal candidate, William Edge, was returned unopposed, due to a war time electoral pact where none of the major parties put up candidates against the incumbent party.The Times, 1 March 1916 He took his seat in Parliament on 2 March 1916.The Times, 3 March 1916 References See also List of United Kingdom by-elections (1900–1918) Category:1916 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1916 in England Category:1910s in Lancashire Category:Elections in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Greater Manchester constituencies Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Lancashire constituencies Category:Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in English constituencies Category:February 1916 in the United Kingdom