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1901 Monmouth Boroughs by-election

UK parliamentary by-election

Field	Value
election_name	1901 Monmouth Boroughs
type	presidential
country	United Kingdom
previous_election	Monmouth Boroughs (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1900s
previous_year	1900
next_election	Monmouth Boroughs (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1900s
next_year	1906
election_date	7 May 1901
candidate1	Lawrence
image1	[[File:Joseph_Lawrence.jpg	85px]]
party1	Conservative Party (UK)
popular_vote1	4,604
percentage1	51.9%
candidate2	Spicer
image2	[[File:Albert_Spicer_crop.jpg	85px]]
party2	Liberal Party (UK)
popular_vote2	4,261
percentage2	48.1%
map_image	File:Mon boroughs 1885.jpg
map_size	250px
title	MP
posttitle	Subsequent MP
before_election	Frederick Harris
before_party	Conservative Party (UK)
after_election	Lewis Haslam
after_party	Liberal Party (UK)

The 1901 Monmouth Boroughs by-election was a by-election held on 7 May 1901 for the British House of Commons constituency of Monmouth Boroughs.

The by-election was triggered by the unseating of the Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) Frederick Rutherfoord Harris, as a result of an election petition alleging irregularities in election spending. The Liberal candidate was Albert Spicer, who had previously been the sitting MP but had lost in the previous general election. The result was a victory for the Conservative candidate Sheriff Joseph Lawrence, who held the seat, although the party's majority was halved.

Result

|reg. electors = 9,803

Aftermath

Despite the intervention of a Labour Representation Committee candidate, the Liberal Party gained the seat; |reg. electors = 11,207

References

[https://archive.org/details/constitutionaly07unkngoog The Constitutional Year Book], 1904, published by [[Conservative Central Office]], page 171 (195 in web page)
Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 (1 ed.). London and Basingstoke: The Macmillan Press Ltd. {{ISBN. 9780333169032. Page 459

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