1893 Burnley by-election

The 1893 Burnley by-election was held on 6 February 1893 after the resignation of the incumbent Liberal MP Jabez Spencer Balfour due to the collapse of the Liberator Building Society, for which he was eventually convicted. It was retained by the Liberal candidate Philip Stanhope.

Burnley by-election, 1893[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Philip Stanhope	6,199	53.0	-3.2
	Conservative	William Alexander Lindsay	5,506	47.0	+3.2
Majority			693	6.0	-6.4
Turnout			11,705	91.3	+0.3
Registered electors			12,826
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.2

References

1. Page 165, The Constitutional Year Book, National Unionist Association of Conservative and Liberal Unionist Organizations (1904)