1897 Chertsey by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 The 1897 Chertsey by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 19 February 1897 for the British House of Commons constituency of Chertsey. It was caused by the resignation of the constituency's sitting Conservative Member of Parliament Charles Harvey Combe, because of his ill-health.Chertsey Election London Standard 19 February 1897 5 July 2014 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18970219/011/0003 British Newspaper Archive subscription Combe had held the seat since the 1892 by-election.Election News -The Polling in Chertsey Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 5 March 1892 29 June 2014 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/18920305/129/0008 British Newspaper Archive subscription Result The seat was held for the Conservatives by Henry Currie Leigh-Bennett.The Chertsey Election London Standard 20 February 1897 24 September 2014 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18970220/036/0005 British Newspaper Archive subscription Chertsey by-election, 1897: ChertseyThe Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 153 (177 in web page) Conservative Party (UK) Henry Currie Leigh-Bennett 4,845 54.9 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Lawrence James Baker 3,977 45.1 New 888 9.8 N/A 8,822 75.5 N/A Conservative Party (UK) N/A References Category:1897 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1897 in England Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Surrey constituencies Category:19th century in Surrey