The Liberal candidate, William Edge, was returned unopposed, due to a war time electoral pact where none of the major parties put up candidates against the incumbent party.[2] He took his seat in Parliament on 2 March 1916.[3]
1916, bolton, election, parliamentary, election, held, british, house, commons, constituency, bolton, february, 1916, seat, become, vacant, when, liberal, thomas, taylor, constituency, members, parliament, resigned, taylor, also, seat, election, four, years, e. The 1916 Bolton by election was a parliamentary by election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Bolton on 29 February 1916 The seat had become vacant when the Liberal Thomas Taylor one of the constituency s two Members of Parliament resigned 1 Taylor had also won the seat at a by election four years earlier The Liberal candidate William Edge was returned unopposed due to a war time electoral pact where none of the major parties put up candidates against the incumbent party 2 He took his seat in Parliament on 2 March 1916 3 References edit The Times 1 March 1916 amp 17 February 1916 The Times 1 March 1916 The Times 3 March 1916See also editList of United Kingdom by elections 1900 1918 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1916 Bolton by election amp oldid 1081737092, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
