1915 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election

English parliamentary by-election April 2022 The 1915 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in England on 15 February 1915 for the British House of Commons constituency of Liverpool Kirkdale. Vacancy The by-election was caused by the resignation of the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Colonel Gerald Kyffin-Taylor due to his military commitments.National Archives The writ for the by-election was moved in the Commons on 10 February by Lord Edmund Talbot, the MP for Chichester. House Of Commons http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/697/410/160727550w16/purl=rc1_TTDA_0_CS168232011&dyn=4 The Times 11 February 1915 10 30 August 2012 Candidates During World War I, the major political parties had agreed not to contest by-elections when seats held by their respective parties fell vacant. The Conservative candidate De Fonblanque Pennefather was therefore returned unopposed, without any need for a vote.Craig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 1989 2nd 1983 Parliamentary Research Services Chichester 0-900178-27-2 142 He took his seat in the Commons on 17 February. New Members http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/697/410/160727550w16/purl=rc1_TTDA_0_CS235078738&dyn=9 The Times 18 February 1915 14 30 August 2012 References See also Liverpool Kirkdale constituency Kirkdale, Merseyside 1898 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election 1907 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election 1910 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election List of United Kingdom by-elections (1900–1918) Liverpool Kirkdale by-election Kirkdale, 1915 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election Category:1910s in Liverpool Liverpool Kirkdale by-election