1903 Camborne by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 1903 Camborne by-election presidential United Kingdom Camborne (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1900s 1900 Camborne (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1900s 1906 8 April 1903 Lawson 85px Liberal Party (UK) 3,558 55.4% Strauss 85px Liberal Unionist 2,869 44.6% File:Camborne 1918.PNG 250px MP Subsequent MP William Sproston Caine Liberal Party (UK) Albert Dunn Liberal Party (UK) The 1903 Camborne by-election was a by-election held on 8 April 1903 for the British House of Commons constituency of Camborne in Cornwall. The by-election was triggered by the death of the serving Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP), William Sproston Caine. The Liberal victor, Wilfrid Lawson had previously been MP for Cockermouth and Carlisle and at 74 was the second oldest victor at a by-election. The Liberal Association invited Lawson to stand for the by-election. They made the offer under peculiarly acceptable conditions, for should he secure the seat, he would be at liberty, when the next election occurred, to return, should he wish, to his old constituency at Cockermouth. Almost immediately after the Cornish electorate returned Lawson, the Cockermouth Liberal Association selected him to stand as their candidate at the next election.West Cumberland Times, 20 May 1903 In parliament he continued to prosecute his anti-imperialist, Free Trade and temperance views while at home he began to campaign for the oncoming election. In January 1906 he returned with to Carlisle a majority of almost 600.February 2024 The Liberal Unionist candidate, Arthur Strauss, had been the Conservative MP for Camborne from 1895 to 1900, having previously stood in 1892 United Kingdom general election. He later joined the Labour Party. Result Camborne by-election, 1903 British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig) Liberal Party (UK) Wilfrid Lawson 3,558 55.4 +4.5 Liberal Unionist Party (UK) Arthur Strauss 2,869 44.6 -4.5 689 10.8 +9.0 6,427 74.2 -1.8 Liberal Party (UK) +4.5 References Cornwall Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Cornish constituencies Category:1903 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1903 in England Category:April 1903 in the United Kingdom Category:Camborne Category:1900s in Cornwall