1905 Carlisle by-election

Parliamentary by-election May 2026 1905 Carlisle by-election presidential United Kingdom Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1900s 1900 Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1900s 1906 14 July 1905 Chance 85px Liberal Party (UK) 3,616 58.3% Sanderson Conservative Party (UK) 2,586 41.7% MP Subsequent MP William Gully Liberal Party (UK) Frederick Chance Liberal Party (UK) The 1905 Carlisle by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 14 July 1905.Craig F.W.S. 1987 Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987 Chichester Parliamentary Research Services 99 The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. Vacancy and electoral history thumb|left|120px The sitting MP, Rt Hon. William Gully resigned due to ill-healthPolitical Notes. Resignation Of The Speaker 31 May 1905 The Times 9, col F London and was raised to the peerage with the title of Viscount Selby, of the City of Carlisle. He had been Liberal MP for the seat of Carlisle since the 1886 General Election. Since 1895 he had been Speaker of the House of Commons. The seat had been Liberal since 1868. After Gully became Speaker in 1895, the Conservatives, in accordance with the traditions of the time, chose not to oppose him at the 1900 general election. Candidates thumb|120px The Carlisle Liberal Association selected 53-year-old Frederick Chance as their candidate to defend the seat. Chance was from a long-established family of businessmen and politicians in Carlisle. He ran the family's cotton-manufacturing firm in the town, Ferguson Brothers,Election Intelligence. Carlisle 15 July 1905 The Times 7, col E London and served as Mayor of Carlisle in 1904, before becoming a member of Cumberland County Council. Both his grandfather Joseph Ferguson and his uncle Robert Ferguson had been Members of Parliament (MPs) for the borough of Carlisle and he was a brother-in-law of Sir Henry Seton-Karr, the MP for St Helens. The Carlisle Conservative Association selected 42-year-old Lancelot Sanderson as their candidate to challenge for the seat. Sanderson was a barrister of the Inner Temple, he was appointed Recorder of Wigan in 190127378 7472 19 November 1901 and took silk in 1903.27531 1415 3 March 1903 He was also a cricketer.Lancelot Sanderson player profile https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32582/32582.html CricketArchive 27 March 2011 He played two first-class matches; the first for Lancashire in 1884, and the second for the Marylebone Cricket Club four years later.First-class matches played by Lancelot Sanderson https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32582/First-Class_Matches.html CricketArchive 27 March 2011 Campaign thumb|120px|Bell Polling Day was fixed for 14 July 1905. The small Carlisle branch of the Social Democratic Federation chose to play no part in the election and gave no advise to electors."Election Intelligence." Times [London, England] 1 July 1905: 8. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 12 December 2014. Richard Bell, the General Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants sent a message urging working men not to support the Conservative candidate, stating that a vote for him would be against all labour members and the interests of labour."Election Intelligence." Times [London, England] 12 July 1905: 11. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 12 December 2014. The constituency included about 700 Irish and Roman Catholic voters, so the issue of Irish Home Rule played a part. Chance, the Liberal candidate, did not fully support party policy of granting home rule to Ireland. As a result, the Irish Parliamentary Party chose not to give him their support and advised the Irish electors in Carlisle to remain neutral. The North of England Temperance League announced that as no candidate supported banning the sale of alcohol, they could not recommend either to the Carlisle electors."Election Intelligence." Times [London, England] 10 July 1905: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 12 December 2014. Result The Liberals held the seat and won the largest majority in the history of the constituency: thumb|120px|Chance 1905 Carlisle by-electionBritish parliamentary election results 1885-1918, FWS Craig Liberal Party (UK) Frederick Chance 3,616 58.3 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Lancelot Sanderson 2,586 41.7 New 1,030 16.6 N/A 6,202 84.4 N/A Liberal Party (UK) N/A Aftermath Chance was re-elected unopposed in 1906, 27885 13 February 1906 1039 and held the seat until the January 1910 general election, when he did not stand again.Craig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 1974 2nd 1989 Parliamentary Research Services Chichester 0-900178-27-2 93 Sanderson was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Appleby division of Westmorland at the January 1910 general election. References Category:History of Cumberland Category:1905 in England Category:1905 elections in the United Kingdom Category:Politics of Carlisle, Cumbria Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Cumbria constituencies Category:20th century in Cumberland Category:History of Carlisle, Cumbria Category:July 1905 in the United Kingdom