1900 West Derbyshire by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 The 1900 West Derbyshire by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom constituency of West Derbyshire on 11 December 1900. 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 pxiv The vacancy in West Derbyshire was caused by the appointment of the sitting Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament (MP), Victor Cavendish to become Treasurer of the Household,Richard Davenport-Hines, Victor Cavendish, ninth duke of Devonshire; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online, OUP 2004-13 a formal title held by one of the government’s Deputy Chief Whips in the House of Commons. Candidates Victor Cavendish had held the seat since he inherited it from his father Lord Edward Cavendish at a by-election in 1891. At the previous general elections in 1895 and in 1900 just a few weeks earlier, he had been unopposed and clearly the Liberals were unprepared with a candidate and reluctant to contest such a safe seat at a by-election so soon after a general election. Cavendish fought the seat again in the Liberal Unionist interest. Result The writ of election was received at Derby on 5 December and nomination day was set for 11 December.The Times, 6 December 1900 p7 There being no other nominations Cavendish was returned unopposed.F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918; Macmillan Press, 1974 p254 He held the post of Treasurer of the Household in the Unionist government until 1903. West Derbyshire by-election, 1900 Liberal Unionist Party Victor Cavendish Unopposed N/A N/A Liberal Unionist Party References See also 1891 West Derbyshire by-election 1967 West Derbyshire by-election 1986 West Derbyshire by-election List of United Kingdom by-elections United Kingdom by-election records Category:1900 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1900 in England Category:19th century in Derbyshire Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Derbyshire constituencies Category:Unopposed ministerial by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in English constituencies Category:December 1900 in the United Kingdom