1899 St Pancras East by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election March 2023 March 2023 The 1899 St Pancras East by-election was held on 12 July 1899 following the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Robert Grant Webster in order to return to legal work. July 5, 1899 Resignation of Mr. R. G. Webster, M.P. http://teesdalemercuryarchive.org/pdf/1899/July-05/July-05-1899-06.pdf Teesdale Mercury 6 Barnard Castle 7 March 2023 Webster vacated his Parliamentary seat by being appointed Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds on 1 July 1899. 27095 4 July 1899 4145 Candidates The Conservative Party candidate was Thomas Wrightson who had been MP for Stockton from 1892 to 1895. The Liberal Party candidate was Benjamin Francis Conn Costelloe. Costelloe was the London County Council member for Bethnal Green South West. July 12, 1899 St. Pancras Election https://papuraunewydd.llyfrgell.cymru/view/3359612/3359615 The South Wales Daily Post 3 6 March 2023Willis Alan John Woollard Twentieth Century Local Election Results Volume 1: Election Results For the London County Council (1889–1961) and London Metropolitan Boroughs (1900–1928) Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre 2000 Plymouth He had previously served on the council for Stepney and Chelsea, and had contested this constituency at the previous general election. Result 1899 St Pancras East by-electionCraig F.W.S. F. W. S. Craig 1974 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918 https://books.google.com/books?id=ah2vCwAAQBAJ London and Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan 41 978-1-349-02300-4 1908 The Liberal Year Book for 1908 https://archive.org/details/liberalyearbook01unkngoog/ London The Liberal Publication Department 330–331 1919 The Constitutional Year Book for 1919 https://archive.org/details/constitutional1919londuoft/ London National Unionist Association 286 Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Wrightson 2,610 51.9 −1.0 Liberal Party (UK) Benjamin Francis Conn Costelloe 2,423 48.1 +1.0 187 3.8 −2.0 5,033 70.0 −0.6 7,191 Conservative Party (UK) −1.0 References St Pancras East by-election St Pancras East,1899 Category:1899 in England Category:1899 in London St Pancras East,1899