This is a list of Members of Parliament (MPs) elected at the 1900 general election, held over several days from 25 September to 24 October 1900. Keir Hardie and Richard Bell were elected as the first

Labour Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ...

MPs who were not affiliated with the Liberal Party (c.f. Liberal-Labour).

By-elections

7 May 1901: Monmouth Boroughs -- Joseph Lawrence ( Conservative) replacing Dr

Frederick Rutherfoord Harris Frederick Rutherfoord Harris (1 May 1856 – 1 September 1920) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) between 1900 and 1906. Harris was born in Madras, India, where his father, George Anstruth ...

(Conservative) who had been unseated after an election petition alleging electoral irregularities was granted on 3 April. 17 May 1901: County Cork Mid --

D. D. Sheehan Daniel Desmond Sheehan, usually known as D. D. Sheehan (28 May 1873 – 28 November 1948) was an Irish Irish Nationalism, nationalist, politician, Labour movement, labour leader, journalist, barrister and author. He served as Member of Parliament ...

( Irish Parliamentary Party) replacing Dr Charles K. D. Tanner (Irish Parliamentary Party) who died on 21 April. 31 May 1901: Saffron Walden --

Jack Pease Joseph Albert Pease, 1st Baron Gainford (17 January 1860 – 15 February 1943), known as Jack Pease, was a British businessman and Liberal politician. He was a member of H. H. Asquith's Liberal cabinet between 1910 and 1916 and also served a ...

, replacing Armine Wodehouse, who died on 1 May. 26 February 1902: North Kilkenny -- Joseph Devlin ( Irish Parliamentary Party), replacing

Patrick McDermott Patrick Kim McDermott (born September 18, 1956) was a Korean American cameraman who disappeared on June 30, 2005, while on an overnight fishing trip off the coast of Los Angeles, California. He was the on-and-off boyfriend of Olivia Newton-John ...

( Irish Parliamentary Party), who . . . . . . March 1902: Wakefield -- Edward Allen Brotherton replacing

William Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 7th Earl FitzWilliam William "Billy" Charles de Meuron Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 7th Earl Fitzwilliam, (25 July 1872 – 15 February 1943), styled Viscount Milton from 1877 to 1902, was a British Army officer, nobleman, politician, and aristocrat. Early life and co ...

, who inherited his title on the death of his grandfather. 4 March 1902: Monaghan South - John McKean ( Irish Parliamentary Party) replacing James Daly ( Irish Parliamentary Party) who had resigned. May 1902:

Bury Bury may refer to: *The burial of human remains *-bury, a suffix in English placenames Places England * Bury, Cambridgeshire, a village * Bury, Greater Manchester, a town, historically in Lancashire ** Bury (UK Parliament constituency) (1832–19 ...

-- George Toulmin ( Liberal) replacing

James Kenyon James Kenyon may refer to: *James Kenyon (cinematographer) James Kenyon (26 May 1850 – 6 February 1925) was a businessman and pioneer of cinematography in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. The son of Thomas and Margaret Kenyon, little is k ...

( Conservative) 5 November 1902: Cleveland -- Herbert Samuel ( Liberal) replacing Alfred Edward Pease ( Liberal), who resigned due to the bankruptcy of the family firm. 18-19 November 1902: Orkney and Shetland --

Cathcart Wason John Cathcart Wason (17 November 1848 – 19 April 1921), generally known as Cathcart Wason, was a Scottish farmer and politician who served as a Member of Parliament in two countries: first in New Zealand and then in Scotland. He established B ...

resigned after defecting from the

Liberal Unionist Party The Liberal Unionist Party was a British political party that was formed in 1886 by a faction that broke away from the Liberal Party. Led by Lord Hartington (later the Duke of Devonshire) and Joseph Chamberlain, the party established a political ...

to become an Independent Liberal, and won the following by-election 26 February 1903: Perthshire Eastern -- Thomas Buchanan ( Liberal) replacing

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(Liberal), who had resigned. 9 October 1903: Meath South -

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( Irish Parliamentary Party) replacing

James Laurence Carew James Laurence Carew (1853 – 31 August 1903) was an Irish nationalist politician and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. A member of the Irish Parliamentary Party and later a Parnellite, he was MP for Nort ...

(Independent Nationalist) who died on 31 August. 1903:

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- James Campbell (Unionist) replacing

William Lecky William Edward Hartpole Lecky (26 March 1838 – 22 October 1903) was an Irish historian, essayist, and political theorist with Whig proclivities. His major work was an eight-volume ''History of Ireland during the Eighteenth Century''. Early ...

(Unionist) who died on 22 October 1903 15 December 1903: Dulwich -

( Conservative) replacing Sir

John Blundell Maple Sir John Blundell Maple, 1st Baronet (1 March 1845 – 24 November 1903) was an English business magnate who owned the furniture maker Maple & Co. Biography His father, John Maple (28 February 1815 – 4 March 1900), had a small furniture sh ...

(Conservative) who had died 15 December 1903: Lewisham - Major Edward Coates ( Conservative) replacing John Penn (Conservative) who had died 19 August 1904: Cork City -- William O'Brien ( Irish Parliamentary Party) replacing William O'Brien (Irish Parliamentary Party) after resigning his seat in January 14 June 1905: Cork City -- Augustine Roche ( Irish Parliamentary Party) replacing

J. F. X. O'Brien James Francis Xavier (J. F. X.) O'Brien (13 or 16 October 1828 – 28 May 1905)R. B. O'Brien"O'Brien, James Francis Xavier (1828–1905)" rev. R. V. Comerford, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004, accesse ...

(Irish Parliamentary Party) who died on 23 May.

Defections

John William Wilson (MP for Worcestershire North) was elected as a Liberal Unionist, but defected to the Liberal Party sometime between 1900 and 1906. Sir Michael Foster (MP for London University) was elected as a Liberal Unionist, but defected to the Liberal Party in 1903.

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 Winston Churchill in the Second World War, dur ...

(MP for Oldham) was elected as a Conservative, but defected to the Liberal Party in 1904. Edward Hain (MP for St Ives) was elected as a Liberal Unionist, but defected to the Liberal Party in 1904. Hon. Ivor Guest (MP for

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) was elected as a Conservative, but defected to the Liberal Party in 1904.

J. E. B. 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 ...

(MP for the Isle of Wight) was elected as a Conservative, but defected to the Liberal Party in 1904.

George Kemp George Kemp may refer to: * George Kemp (baseball), American baseball player * George Stephen Kemp, electrical engineer and assistant to Guglielmo Marconi * George Meikle Kemp (1795–1844), Scottish carpenter/joiner, draughtsman, and self-taught ar ...

(MP for Heywood) was elected as a Liberal Unionist, but defected to the Liberal Party in 1904. Sir John Dickson-Poynder, Bt (MP for

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) was elected as a Conservative, but defected to the Liberal Party in 1905. John Eustace Jameson, MP for West Clare UK Parliament Constituency was elected as an Irish Parliamentary Party, but defected to the Irish Unionist Alliance in 1904.

By-elections

Defections

Sources

See also