1892 Derby by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election April 2023 April 2023 The 1892 Derby by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 24 August 1892.Craig F.W.S. 1987 Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987 Chichester Parliamentary Research Services 84 The constituency returned two Members of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. Vacancy Under the provisions of the Succession to the Crown Act 1707 and a number of subsequent Acts, MPs appointed to certain ministerial and legal offices were at this time required to seek re-election.F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918; Macmillan Press, 1974 p. xiv The by-election in Derby was caused by the appointment on 18 August 1892 of the sitting Liberal MP, Sir William Harcourt as Chancellor of the Exchequer.26319 23 August 1892 4801 Harcourt had been a Member of Parliament for the constituency since an 1880 by-election. Candidates The Liberal Party re-selected Sir William Harcourt to defend the seat. Henry Farmer-Atkinson stood as an independent candidate. Farmer-Atkinson had been the Conservative Member of Parliament for Boston from 1886 until the 1892 general election. His candidature was described by contemporary sources as "a meaningless candidature", 27 August 1892 News of the Week http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/27th-august-1892/2/the-only-other-alinistenwho-has-had-to-fizht-for-h The Spectator 2 3 April 2022 "absurd", 25 August 1892 [Unknown] https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/409983764/ The Morning Post 4 London 3 April 2022 and "erratic". 26 August 1892 Atkinson Overwhelmingly Defeated https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=SDN18920826.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Staunton Daily News 3 Staunton, VA 3 April 2022 The Conservative Party did not contest the seat. The executive committee of the Derby Conservative Association passed a resolution on 20 August resolving to take no part in the contest and disclaiming Farmer-Atkinson's candidature. 22 August 1892 The Re-Elections https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4324554/4324559 Western Mail 5 3 April 2022 24 August 1892 This Morning's Papers https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000289/18920824/010/0002 Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette 2 3 April 2022 Campaign Harcourt arrived in Derby on Monday 22 August, two days before the poll, and addressed a meeting that evening. 23 August 1892 Sir William Harcourt at Derby https://papuraunewydd.llyfrgell.cymru/view/3723799/3723803/32 South Wales Daily News 4 3 April 2022 He delivered two speeches at the works of the Midland Railway Company on Tuesday 23 August. 24 August 1892 Sir William Harcourt at Derby https://papuraunewydd.llyfrgell.cymru/view/3723808/3723812 South Wales Daily News 4 3 April 2022 It was estimated that 40 per cent of the electorate worked for the Midland Railway.Pelling Henry Henry Pelling 1967 Social Geography of British Elections 1885-1910 https://archive.org/details/socialgeographyo0000pell/ Macmillan London 211 Farmer-Atkinson arrived in Derby on Monday 22 August. 22 August 1892 The Situation at Derby https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3231858/3231861/ Evening Express 3 3 April 2022 He addressed a meeting at Derby Drill hall that evening. His canvass was described as "crazy". Result 1892 Derby 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 102 978-1-349-02300-4 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 295 Liberal Party (UK) William Harcourt 6,508 80.1 +22.4 Independent (politician) Henry Farmer-Atkinson 1,619 19.9 New 4,889 60.2 +53.1 8,127 51.6 −32.0 15,754 Liberal Party (UK) References Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Derbyshire constituencies Category:Ministerial by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom Category:1892 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1892 in England Category:19th century in Derbyshire