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 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.National Archives
The writ for the by-election was moved in the Commons on 10 February by Lord Edmund Talbot, the MP for Chichester.
Candidates 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. He took his seat in the Commons on 17 February.
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See also Liverpool Kirkdale constituency Kirkdale, Merseyside 1898 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election 1907 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election 1910 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election List of United Kingdom by-elections (1900–1918)