1899 St Pancras East by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

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.^[1] Webster vacated his Parliamentary seat by being appointed Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds on 1 July 1899.^[2]

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.^[3]^[4] 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-election^[5]^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Wrightson	2,610	51.9	−1.0
	Liberal	Benjamin Francis Conn Costelloe	2,423	48.1	+1.0
Majority			187	3.8	−2.0
Turnout			5,033	70.0	−0.6
Registered electors			7,191
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.0

References

^ "Resignation of Mr. R. G. Webster, M.P." (PDF). Teesdale Mercury. Barnard Castle. 5 July 1899. p. 6. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
^ "No. 27095". The London Gazette. 4 July 1899. p. 4145.
^ "St. Pancras Election". The South Wales Daily Post. 12 July 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
^ Willis, Alan; Woollard, John (2000). Twentieth Century Local Election Results Volume 1: Election Results For the London County Council (1889–1961) and London Metropolitan Boroughs (1900–1928). Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre.
^ Craig, F.W.S. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918. London and Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-349-02300-4.
^ The Liberal Year Book for 1908. London: The Liberal Publication Department. 1908. pp. 330–331.
^ The Constitutional Year Book for 1919. London: National Unionist Association. 1919. p. 286.

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