February 1906 City of London by-election
Alban Gibbs Conservative Arthur Balfour Conservative The February 1906 City of London by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 27 February 1906 for the British House of Commons constituency of City of London, which covered the "Square Mile" which was the United Kingdom's traditional financial district.The seat had become vacant on the resignation of Alban Gibbs, one of the constituency's two Conservative Members of Parliament (MPs).Gibbs had resigned in order to provide a safe seat for Arthur Balfour.Balfour had been out of Parliament following his defeat at Manchester East in the 1906 general election.65-year old Thomas Gibson Bowles, who had been Unionist Member of Parliament for King's Lynn from 1892 until 1906 stood as a Free Trader candidate.
1906 (general)Jan. 1910City of LondonArthur BalfourThomas Gibson BowlesConservativeFree TraderCounty of LondonAlban Gibbsparliamentary by-electionBritish House of CommonsconstituencySquare MileMembers of ParliamentHucks GibbsBaron AldenhamManchester East1906 general electionprime ministerLeader of the Conservative PartyJoseph ChamberlainLeader of the OppositionUnionistKing's Lynntariff reformfree tradeTurnoutEdward ClarkeLiberalFelix SchusterJoseph West RidgewayList of United Kingdom by-electionsCity of London constituency1904 City of London by-electionJune 1906 City of London by-election1922 City of London by-election1938 City of London by-election1940 City of London by-electionArthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of BalfourJanuary 1910December 1910HertfordJames Maitland BalfourAlice Blanche BalfourEleanor Mildred SidgwickEustace BalfourFrancis Maitland BalfourGerald BalfourFrances BalfourJames Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of SalisburyRobert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of SalisburyEntente CordialeCommittee of Imperial DefenceBalfour MissionBalfour DeclarationWashington Naval TreatyBalfour Declaration of 1926Clara in BlunderlandLost in BlunderlandEdward the SeventhArthur Balfour Professor of GeneticsBalfouriaEarl of BalfourBob's your uncleThe SoulsWhittingehameBy-elections28th Parliament of the United KingdomWestburyEast AberdeenshireNorth GalwayNorth LeitrimNorth KilkennyBasingstokeLeicesterDulwichEifionSt George's, Hanover SquareBodminEast TyroneCockermouthEast DenbighshireMid GlamorganshireGalwayNorth ArmaghHuddersfieldMid CorkNorth East DerbyshireBanffshireNorth MonmouthshireAberdeen SouthHalifaxNorth TyroneHexhamSouth WestmeathBelfast NorthStepneyWimbledonHornseyRutlandNorth MonaghanJarrowColne ValleySouth KilkennyEast WicklowNorth West StaffordshireAngleseyBury St EdmundsWest DownSouth LongfordLiverpool KirkdaleKingston upon Hull WestAshburtonCarlow CountySt AustellWorcesterLeeds SouthWest CarmarthenshireBewdleyHastingsPeckhamWest DerbyshireSheffield CentralDewsburyManchester North WestKincardineshire