1903 Liverpool West Derby by-election

The 1903 Liverpool West Derby by-election was held on 20 January 1903 after the death of the incumbent Conservative MP Samuel Wasse Higginbottom. It was retained by the Conservative candidate Watson Rutherford.

Liverpool West Derby by-election, 1903[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Watson Rutherford 5,455 50.9
Liberal Richard Durning Holt 5,251 49.1
Majority 204 1.8
Turnout 10,706
Conservative hold Swing

1903 Liverpool West Derby
20 January 1903
 
Candidate Rutherford Holt
Party Conservative Liberal
Popular vote 5,455 5,251
Percentage 50.95 49.05
MP before election

Samuel Higginbottom
Conservative

 Subsequent MP

Watson Rutherford
Conservative

References
  1. The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 170 (194 in web page)


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