1915 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election
The 1915 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in England on 15 February 1915 for the British House of Commons constituency of Liverpool Kirkdale.
Vacancy
[edit]The by-election was caused by the resignation of the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Colonel Gerald Kyffin-Taylor due to his military commitments.[1]
The writ for the by-election was moved in the Commons on 10 February by Lord Edmund Talbot, the MP for Chichester.[2]
Candidates
[edit]During World War I, the major political parties had agreed not to contest by-elections when seats held by their respective parties fell vacant. The Conservative candidate De Fonblanque Pennefather was therefore returned unopposed, without any need for a vote.[3] He took his seat in the Commons on 17 February.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ National Archives
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