1892 Liverpool Everton by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 The 1892 Liverpool Everton by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in England on 15 February 1892 for the British House of Commons constituency of Liverpool Everton. Vacancy thumb|right|upright|Edward Whitley MP, caricatured in Vanity Fair in 1880 The vacancy was caused by the death on 14 January of the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Edward Whitley. The 67-year-old Whitley was a former Mayor of Liverpool who had held the seat since its creation at the 1885 general election, and had previously been one of the three MPs for Liverpool from 1880 to 1885. Candidates thumb|left|upright|John A. Willox, pictured in the Pall Mall Gazette in July 1892 The Executive Committee of the Everton Conservatives met on 22 January to consider their choice of candidate for the by-election. They decided that three names should be proposed to a meeting of the party's Divisional Council: former Liverpool MP Lord Claud Hamilton, Councillor John Houlding, and former Birkenhead MP David MacIver. However, at the council meeting on 26 January Houlding declined the invitation to stand, and no other names were formally put to the meeting. The Divisional Council met again on 2 February, with Houlding in the chair. Two names were proposed: MacIver, and the journalist John A. Willox. The meeting unanimously chose Willox, the owner of Cope Brothers tobacco merchants (based in Liverpool and London), and also the owner and editor of the Liverpool Courier newspaper. The Liberal Party had intended to contest the election, and hoped that if the Conservatives had selected the brewer Houlding they would have gained the temperance vote. However, in the end they did not choose a candidate. Election The writ was moved in the Commons on 10 February by Aretas Akers-Douglas, the MP for St Augustine's. 15 February had been selected as the day for nominations, and since Willox was the only candidate nominated, he was returned unopposed, without any need for a vote. In honour of his election, over 100 journalists from Liverpool presented him with an illuminated address. Aftermath Willox was re-elected with a large majority at the general election in July 1892, and was returned unopposed in 1895 and 1900. He was knighted in Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Honours in 1897. Sir John held the seat until serious illness prompted his resignation from Parliament in February 1905 by taking the Chiltern Hundreds, triggering another by-election. He died in June 1905, on his 63rd birthday. Results By-election, February 1892 death of Whitley hold John Archibald Willox Conservative Party (UK) General election, July 1886 hold Edward Whitley Conservative Party (UK) See also Liverpool Everton constituency Everton List of United Kingdom by-elections (1885–1900) References 35em Obituaries http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/823/974/161190749w16/purl=rc1_TTDA_0_CS86169135&dyn=4 The Times 15 January 1892 subscription 5 8 September 2012 Debrett's House of Commons, and the Judicial Bench 1886 Robert Henry Mair Dean & Son London 157 https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1886londuoft#page/157/mode/1up 8 September 2012 Election Intelligence http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/823/974/161190749w16/purl=rc1_TTDA_0_CS102028855&dyn=6 The Times 23 January 1892 6, column D 8 September 2012 Election Intelligence: Liverpool (Everton Division) http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/823/974/161190749w16/purl=rc1_TTDA_0_CS101111355&dyn=7 The Times 27 January 1892 6, column B 8 September 2012 Election Intelligence: Liverpool (Everton Division) http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/823/974/161190749w16/purl=rc1_TTDA_0_CS100980291&dyn=8 The Times 3 February 1892 6, column E 8 September 2012 House of Commons https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1892/feb/10/new-writ NEW WRIT 10 February 1892 117 9 September 2012 Parliament. House Of Commons., Wednesday, Feb. 10. New writ http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/857/871/161192371w16/purl=rc1_TTDA_0_CS117626443&dyn=21 The Times 11 February 1892 7, column A 8 September 2012 Election Intelligence. Liverpool (Everton Division) http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/857/871/161192371w16/purl=rc1_TTDA_0_CS168875600&dyn=26 The Times subscription 16 February 1892 10, column D 8 September 2012 26259 19 February 1892 923 London 27765 17 February 1905 1199 London Court Circular http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/857/871/161192371w16/purl=rc1_TTDA_0_CS151711790&dyn=31 The Times 14 January 1905 9, column E 9 September 2012 Obituary: Sir John Willox http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/857/871/161192371w16/purl=rc1_TTDA_0_CS134672593&dyn=46 The Times 17 June 1905 8, col C 9 September 2012 Craig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 1989 2nd 1983 Parliamentary Research Services Chichester 0-900178-27-2 139 Category:1892 elections in the United Kingdom Everton, 1892 Category:1892 in England Category:1890s in Liverpool Category:February 1892 in the United Kingdom