The 1900

Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, betw ...

by-election was held on 21 December 1900 after the incumbent Conservative MP

Sir Matthew Ridley Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley, (25 July 1842 – 28 November 1904), known as Sir Matthew White Ridley, 5th Baronet, from 1877 to 1900, was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative statesman. He notably served as Home Secretar ...

was appointed Crown Stewart and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds on 11 December 1900, ahead of being elevated to the peerage as

Viscount Ridley Viscount Ridley is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1900 for the Conservative politician Sir Matthew White Ridley, 5th Baronet, Home Secretary from 1895 to 1900. He was made Baron Wensleydale, of Blagdon and Bl ...

on 17 December 1900. Ridley had been Home Secretary from 1895 to 12 November 1900. The seat was retained by the Conservative candidate Henry Worsley-Taylor.

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