1803 Gatton by-election|
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| Candidate
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Philip Dundas
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Joseph Clayton Jennings
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| Party
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Tory
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| Popular vote
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1
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0
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| Percentage
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100.0%
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0.0%
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The 1803 Gatton by-election was a by-election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom that took place on 24 January 1803.
The parliamentary borough of Gatton was a notorious "rotten" or pocket borough "in the pocket" of the Lord of the Manor of Gatton, who at that time was Sir Mark Wood. It had, at most, seven voters - all tenants of Wood. At the 1802 general election, "Wood returned himself and his brother-in-law [James] Dashwood". Both were members of William Pitt the Younger's faction of the Tory Party. At Pitt's request, shortly after the election, Dashwood vacated his seat so as to make way for Philip Dundas.[1]
