The 1898 Stepney by-election was held on 9 March 1898 following the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Frederick Wootton Isaacson on 22 February 1898.

Candidates

The

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candidate was

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, a career diplomat in the British Raj who had retired as a political officer in 1897. The Liberal Party candidate was

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. Steadman was the London County Council member for Stepney and had unsuccessfully fought

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in the 1895 general election. Both candidates had fought Stepney at the London County Council election on 3 March 1898.

Result

References

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