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1897 Liverpool Exchange by-election

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Both sides took care to try to trace voters who had moved home since the register was compiled. This was easier for the Unionists, whose merchant supporters were easily identified. However, the working-class Liberal-supporters moved more often, sometimes trying to evade location by creditors or
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Early polling was high in nationalist areas, giving the Liberals confidence of victory, but a steady flow of voters in other areas shifted the balance. In Irish areas such as St Anne's Street and Great Crosshall street, bottles were thrown at the carriages of Conservative supporters.
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at the previous general election, but he refused for personal reasons. They were still without a candidate by the evening of Tuesday 19th, when local ship-owners met to discuss the election. The businessmen were aggrieved at the
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The Exchange division included the central business district of Liverpool, which had long been Conservative-leaning, but the constituency had been held by the Liberals for most of existence. Since 1885, it had always been a
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On Monday 18th, the McArthur accepted a formal invitation to be the Unionist candidate, and he accepted the nomination. Some local Unionists felt that this constituency should be represented by a
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leader-writers observed on 20 October that if the Liberals fielded a prominent ship-owner, McArthur would have a hard fight on his hands. The following day the Liberals selected
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Shipping interests dominated much of the campaign, and some Unionist-supporting shipowners were ready to use the election to force the government's hand on the abolition of
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school inspectors. The Liberals found an effective solution by distributing printed lists of untraced voters, asking for information on their current addresses.
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wards contained some of the worst slums in Liverpool, with about 2,000 Irishmen who were all expected to vote Liberal because of that party's support for
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Polling took place on Wednesday 10 November and both parties worked hard to get out their voters, with each using teams of cyclists to
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in 6 days time. The writ was received on 2 November, and nominations were set for 5 November, with polling on the 10th.
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that by accepting appointment as a judge, Bigham had vacated his seat. The Speaker therefore intended to issue the
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found a bundle of misplaced ballot papers, and shortly after 10pm the result was declared by the
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newspaper reported on Saturday 16 October that the Liberal Unionist candidate was likely to be
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reported a claim that Rea was not a member of the Liverpool Steamship-Owners Association.
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The Liberals interviewed H. Wade Deacon, who had been the Liberal candidate in
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pledged itself to support "any candidate who is thoroughy sound on the
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being "made a cesspool for Manchester" through the construction of the
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should be funded by central government. Rea held a meeting at
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Rea made support for Irish Home Rule the first item in his
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Immediately after Bigham's appointment was announced,
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The seat had become vacant in October 1897 when the
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He was returned as the MP for 1252: 216:Speaker of the House of Commons 164:President of the Board of Trade 101:He had held the seat since the 983: 354:, where the votes were counted 332:accused McArthur of bluffing. 1: 1237:. 11 November 1897. p. 4 1114:. 6 November 1897. p. 12 1049:. 3 November 1897. p. 10 1017:. 27 October 1897. p. 10 968:. 21 October 1897. p. 10 721: 112: 1312:, page 170 (194 in web page) 1306:The Constitutional Year Book 1287:. 7 February 1916. p. 6 1201:. 1 November 1897. p. 9 1172:. 26 October 1897. p. 6 1143:. 9 November 1897. p. 6 1085:. 2 November 1897. p. 9 934:. 20 October 1897. p. 9 900:. 20 October 1897. p. 6 866:. 19 October 1897. p. 8 834:. 18 October 1897. p. 6 805:. 16 October 1897. p. 6 391: 7: 1310:Conservative Central Office 684: 437:Junior Lord of the Treasury 427:. 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Index

by-election
England
House of Commons
constituency
Liverpool Exchange
Liberal Unionist
Charles McArthur
Liberal

John Bigham
Liberal Unionist
Member of Parliament
John Bigham
Queen's Bench
High Court
1895 general election
1892
The Times
Charles McArthur
average adjuster
chamber of commerce
ship-owner
River Mersey
Manchester Ship Canal
Widnes
Unionist government
President of the Board of Trade
Charles Ritchie
Russell Rea
Leadenhall Street

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