1897 Chertsey by-election: Difference between revisions

The '''Chertsey by-election, 1897''' was a parliamentary [[by-election]] held on 19 February 1897 for the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|British House of Commons]] constituency of [[Chertsey (UK Parliament constituency)|Chertsey]]. It was caused by the resignation of the constituency's sitting [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament]] [[Charles Harvey Combe]], because of his ill-health.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chertsey Election |work=[[London Evening Standard|London Standard]] |date=19 February 1897 |accessdate=5 July 2014 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18970219/011/0003| publisher = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|subscription=yes}}</ref> Combe had held the seat since the [[Chertsey by-election, 1892|1892 by-election]].<ref name="YPLI">{{cite news |title=Election News -The Polling in Chertsey|work=[[Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer]] |date=5 March 1892|accessdate=29 June 2014 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/18920305/129/0008| publisher = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|subscription=yes}}</ref>

The seat was held for the Conservatives by Henry Currie Leigh-Bennett.<ref name="LS">{{cite news |title=The Chertsey Election|work=[[London Evening Standard|London Standard]] |date=20 February 1897|accessdate=24 September 2014 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18970220/036/0005| publisher = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|subscription=yes}}</ref>