The 1900 Isle of Wight by-election was held on 23 May 1900 after the resignation of the incumbent Conservative Sir Richard Webster to become Master of the Rolls which meant accepting a peerage. The seat was retained by the Conservative candidate

John Seely John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone, (31 May 1868 – 7 November 1947), also known as Jack Seely, was a British Army general and politician. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) from 1900 to 1904 and a Liberal MP from 1 ...

. The Liberal candidate,

Godfrey Baring Sir Godfrey Baring, 1st Baronet KBE, DL, JP (18 April 1871 – 24 November 1957) was a Liberal Member of Parliament for the Isle of Wight and later Barnstaple. A member of the influential Baring family, he was the son of Lieutenant-General ...

was the chairman of the

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and would become the Liberal MP in 1906.

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