The 1917 Rotherham by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the UK House of Commons constituency of Rotherham in the West Riding of Yorkshire on 5 February 1917.
Vacancy The by-election was caused by the elevation to the peerage of the sitting Liberal MP, Joseph ‘Jack’ Pease.The Times, 22 December 1916 p8
Candidates
The Rotherham Liberals adopted Arthur Richardson as their new candidate. Richardson had been Lib-Lab MP for Nottingham South from 1906 until January 1910.The Times, 1 January 1917 p5 Richardson immediately declared his position as being in favour of the successful prosecution of the war and the defeat of German militarism.The Times, 1 January 1917 p5
No nominations were received from the other parties, who were apparently content to honour the wartime electoral truce and Richardson was therefore returned unopposed.F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918; Macmillan Press, 1974 p445
Result
See also List of United Kingdom by-elections United Kingdom by-election records Rotherham by-election for contests of 1899, 1910, 1976, 1994 and 2012
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