Bolton by-election, 1916
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The Bolton by-election, 1916 was a parliamentary by-election
held for the British House of Commons
constituency of Bolton
on 29 February 1916. The seat had become vacant when the Liberal
Thomas Taylor (one of the constituency's two Members of Parliament) resigned
. Taylor had also won the seat at a by-election four years earlier
.
The Liberal candidate, William Edge, was returned unopposed. He took his seat in Parliament on 2 March 1916.
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
held for the British House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
constituency of Bolton
Bolton (UK Parliament constituency)
Bolton was a borough constituency centred on the town of Bolton in the county of Lancashire. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons for the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system....
on 29 February 1916. The seat had become vacant when the Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
Thomas Taylor (one of the constituency's two Members of Parliament) resigned
Resignation from the British House of Commons
Members of Parliament sitting in the House of Commons in the United Kingdom are technically forbidden to resign. To circumvent this prohibition, a legal fiction is used...
. Taylor had also won the seat at a by-election four years earlier
Bolton by-election, 1912
The Bolton by-election, 1912 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Bolton in Lancashire on 23 November 1912. The seat had become vacant when George Harwood, the sitting Liberal Party member in this two-member constituency, died...
.
The Liberal candidate, William Edge, was returned unopposed. He took his seat in Parliament on 2 March 1916.
See also
- List of United Kingdom by-elections (1900–1918)