| 词条 | 1902 Liverpool East Toxteth by-election |
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The 1902 Liverpool East Toxteth by-election was held on 6 November 1902 after the resignation of the Conservative MP Augustus Frederick Warr. The seat was retained by the Conservative candidate Austin Taylor. VacancyThe by-election in East Toxteth was caused by the resignation on 27 October 1902 of the sitting Conservative MP, Augustus Frederick Warr. Warr was a solicitor who had held the seat since he was elected unopposed in a by-election in 1895. He was re-elected unopposed in the general election in 1900,[1] but found that the increasing workload of Parliament was incompatible with his legal work in Liverpool his wife's long-term illness.[2] He resigned his seat on 27 October 1902 by the procedural device of accepting appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds,[3][4] triggering the by-election. CandidatesThe Conservative party candidate was Austin Taylor, head of the steamship company of Messrs. Hugh Evans and Co. He was a prominent member of the Liverpool City Council and Chairman of the Laymen′s League.[2] The Liberal party candidate was Herbert Rathbone, a nephew of Liberal MP William Rathbone (1819–1902). Issues
Following the successful campaign in the Leeds North by-election in July 1902, the Liberal party spent much time on the government’s plans for an Education Bill to replace school boards with local education authorities, which included proposals to bring church schools into the public system. Many Liberals were strongly nonconformist and the idea that Church of England and Roman Catholic schools should be funded from the rates, a form of local taxation, was anathema to them. It provided the battle slogan ‘Rome on the Rates’ and united the party against the government.[5] The bill was debated in the House as the campaign in East Toxteth took place. Result{{Election box begin | title=Liverpool East Toxteth by-election, 1902[6]}}{{Election box candidate with party link||party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Austin Taylor |votes = 3,610 |percentage = 52.8 |change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Herbert R. Rathbone |votes = 3,233 |percentage = 47.2 |change = }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 377 |percentage = 5.6 |change = }}{{Election box turnout| |electorate = 9,485 |votes = 6,843 |percentage = 72.1 |change = }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |loser = Liberal Party (UK) |swing = }}{{Election box end}} References1. ^{{cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |authorlink= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 |origyear=1974 |edition= 2nd |year=1989 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn= 0-900178-27-2 |page=104}} {{Liverpool by-elections}}{{By-elections to the 35th UK Parliament}}{{England-UK-Parl-by-election-stub}}2. ^1 {{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Election Intelligence |day_of_week=Monday |date=27 October 1902 |page_number=10 |issue=36909| }} 3. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Election intelligence |day_of_week=Wednesday |date=29 October 1902 |page_number=8 |issue=36911| }} 4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=27488 |date=28 October 1902 |page=6803 }} 5. ^David Dutton, A History of the Liberal Party in the Twentieth Century; Palgrave Macmillan, 2004 p14 6. ^[https://archive.org/details/constitutionaly07unkngoog The Constitutional Year Book], 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 170 (194 in web page) 4 : 1902 elections in the United Kingdom|1902 in England|By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Liverpool constituencies|20th century in Liverpool |
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