1893 Burnley by-election

The 1893 Burnley by-election was held on 6 February 1893 after the resignation of the incumbent Liberal MP Jabez Spencer Balfour due to the collapse of the Liberator Building Society, for which he was eventually convicted. It was retained by the Liberal candidate Philip Stanhope.

Burnley by-election, 1893[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Philip Stanhope 6,199 53.0 -3.2
Conservative William Alexander Lindsay 5,506 47.0 +3.2
Majority 693 6.0 -6.4
Turnout 11,705 91.3 +0.3
Registered electors 12,826
Liberal hold Swing -3.2

References
  1. Page 165, The Constitutional Year Book, National Unionist Association of Conservative and Liberal Unionist Organizations (1904)
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