1916 Liverpool East Toxteth by-election

UK parliamentary by-election November 2019 The 1916 Liverpool East Toxteth by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in England on 21 February 1916 for the British House of Commons constituency of Liverpool East Toxteth. Vacancy The by-election was caused by the appointment of the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Edward Marshall Hall as the Recorder of Guildford. The Recorder's role as a part-time judge disqualified him from sitting in Parliament, and his acceptance of the post automatically caused a vacancy, and Hall accepted the appointment after checking with the Liverpool Conservatives that a by-election would not be problematic for them. The writ of election for the by-election was moved in the Commons on 10 February by William Bridgeman, the MP for Oswestry. Candidates The Conservatives had already selected Captain James Stuart Rankin as their prospective candidate for the next general election. The 36-year-old Rankin, who was then serving in Liverpool with the Royal Field Artillery, was formally adopted on 14 February as the Conservative candidate for the by-election. During World War I, the major political parties had agreed not to contest by-elections when seats held by their respective parties fell vacant, and the Toxteth Liberals accepted Rankin's nomination. They did not nominate a candidate of their own. Since Rankin was the only candidate, he was returned unopposed. Aftermath At the next general election, in 1918, Rankin was re-elected unopposed as a Coalition Conservative. He held the seat until he stood down at the 1924 general election, References 35em 29463 4 February 1916 1359 London House of Commons NEW WRITS https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1916/feb/16/new-writs#S5CV0080P0_19160216_HOC_3 16 February 1916 59 News In Brief. Mr Marshall Hall and East Toxteth http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/268/930/161152955w16/purl=rc1_TTDA_0_CS51709496&dyn=9 The Times 24 January 1916 3 8 September 2012 News in Brief. Soldier candidate for Liverpool http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/268/930/161152955w16/purl=rc1_TTDA_0_CS86967887&dyn=8 The Times 15 February 1916 5 8 September 2012 29483 22 February 1916 1946 London Obituaries http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/559/586/161153445w16/purl=rc1_TTDA_0_CS136273750&dyn=3 The Times 22 October 1960 8 8 September 2012 The Election. List of withdrawals http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/559/586/161153445w16/purl=rc1_TTDA_0_CS235083600&dyn=9 The Times 16 October 1924 14 8 September 2012 Craig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 1989 2nd 1983 Parliamentary Research Services Chichester 0-900178-27-2 139 Craig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 1969 3rd 1983 Parliamentary Research Services Chichester 0-900178-06-X 173 See also Liverpool East Toxteth constituency Toxteth 1895 Liverpool East Toxteth by-election 1902 Liverpool East Toxteth by-election 1929 Liverpool East Toxteth by-election 1931 Liverpool East Toxteth by-election List of United Kingdom by-elections (1900–1918) Category:1916 elections in the United Kingdom East Toxteth, 1916 Category:1916 in England Category:Toxteth Category:1910s in Liverpool Category:February 1916 in the United Kingdom