1899 Bow and Bromley by-election

The 1899 Bow and Bromley by-election was held on 27 October 1899 following the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Lionel Holland due to ill health.^[1] Holland vacated his Parliamentary seat by being appointed Steward of the Manor of Northstead on 16 October 1899.^[2]

The seat was retained by the Conservative candidate Walter Guthrie.

Contemporary sources state that the by-election was fought on the issue of the Second Boer War which had broken out earlier that month, with Guthrie supporting the Government and Spender opposing the war.^[3][4]

1899 Bow and Bromley by-election^[5][6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Guthrie	4,238	66.6	+8.9
	Liberal	Harold Spender	2,123	33.4	−8.9
Majority			2,115	33.2	+17.8
Turnout			6,361	55.8	−15.2
Registered electors			11,401
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8.9

References

1. "News in Brief". The Times, 18 October 1899: 10. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 26 September 2013.^{[full citation needed]}
2. "No. 27127". The London Gazette. 17 October 1899. p. 6269.
3. "The War in the Bye-Elections". New York Times. New York, N.Y. 28 October 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
4. "London, October 28, 2.25 p.m." The Kalgoorlie Western Argus. Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. 2 November 1899. p. 8. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
5. Craig, F.W.S. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918. London and Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-349-02300-4.
6. The Liberal Year Book for 1908. London: The Liberal Publication Department. 1908. pp. 350–351.
7. The Constitutional Year Book for 1919. London: National Unionist Association. 1919. p. 288.