1899 Oldham by-election

1899 Oldham by-election

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Nominee Alfred Emmott Walter Runciman Winston Churchill Party Liberal Liberal Conservative Popular vote 12,976 12,770 11,477 Percentage 26.7% 26.2% 23.6%   Nominee James Mawdsley Party Conservative Popular vote 11,449 Percentage 23.5%

MP before election Robert Ascroft James Francis Oswald Conservative Elected MP Alfred Emmott Walter Runciman Liberal

The 1899 Oldham by-election occurred in the summer of that year, and involved a by-election to fill both seats in the two-member Oldham Parliamentary borough. The block voting method allowed each elector to vote for two candidates.

The election resulted in the Liberal Party winning both seats from the Conservatives who had previously held them, but the election is notable mainly for being the first to be fought by future Conservative Prime Minister, Winston Churchill.^[1]