1894 Sheffield Attercliffe by-election

1894 Sheffield Attercliffe by-election
← 1892 5 July 1894 1895 →
Constituency of Sheffield Attercliffe
Turnout79.0% (Decrease1.2%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Con
Candidate J. Batty Langley G. Hill Smith Frank Smith
Party Liberal Conservative Ind. Labour Party
Popular vote 4,486 3,495 1,249
Percentage 48.6% 37.9% 13.5%
Swing Decrease7.7% Decrease5.8% New
MP before election

Bernard Coleridge
Liberal

Elected MP

J. Batty Langley
Liberal

A 1894 by-election was held for the British House of Commons constituency of Sheffield Attercliffe on 5 July 1894. It was the first parliamentary election contested by the Independent Labour Party.[1]

  1. ^ June Purvis, Emmeline Pankhurst: a Biography, p.41