1905 Elgin Burghs by-election
[1] The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.Alexander Asher had been Liberal MP for the seat of Elgin Burghs since the 1881 Elgin Burghs by-election.They easily held the seat at the last election, with a comfortable majority; Polling day was fixed for 8 September 1905, 34 days after the death of the previous MP.There was a large swing of over 11% to the Liberals who comfortably held the seat: The result was the biggest victory that the Liberals had ever had in the constituency.The result was: Rose-Innes was not his opponent and instead contested West Lothian in 1906, the 1907 Jarrow by-election and Middleton in 1910 without success.
Elgin BurghsParliamentary by-electionMember of ParliamentHouse of Commons of the United Kingdomfirst past the postAlexander AsherGeneral election 1900LiberalConservativeTurnoutJohn SutherlandLossiemouthAberdeen UniversityPortsoyGeneral election 1906West Lothian1907 Jarrow by-electionMiddletonBy-elections27th Parliament of the United KingdomPrestonGuildfordWellingtonWoodbridgeWest DerbyshireBlackpoolNorth MonaghanStretfordMaidstoneMonmouth BoroughsMid CorkOswestrySaffron WaldenStratford-on-AvonWokinghamAndoverNorth East LanarkshireHampsteadDewsburySouth DownNorth KilkennySouth MonaghanWoolwichLeeds NorthClitheroeTivertonEast WorcestershireBelfast SouthSevenoaksDevonportClevelandLiverpool East ToxtethOrkney and ShetlandNewmarketLiverpool West DerbySouth AntrimEast PerthshireDublin UniversityCamborneSouth KildareBarnard CastleArgyllshireSt Andrews BurghsRochesterNorth LeitrimSouth MeathBelfast WestWarwick and LeamingtonWesthoughtonFarehamLondonderryChorleyDulwichLewishamLudlowAshburtonNorwichGatesheadAyr BurghsCity of LondonSt AlbansBirmingham SouthNormantonRossendaleEast DorsetDublin St Stephen's GreenIsle of WightWest CavanHarboroughSowerbyChertseyReadingCork CityIsle of ThanetWest MonmouthshireHorshamStalybridgeMile EndNorth DorsetNorth KildareLiverpool EvertonApplebyButeshireBrightonWhitbyChichesterNorth DonegalFinsbury EastKingswinfordWest DownCarlisleBelfast NorthBarkston AshNew Forest1801–18061806–18181818–18321832–18471847–18571857–18681868–18851885–19001900–19181918–19311931–19501950–1979