1887 Liverpool Exchange by-election

{{Short description|UK Parliamentary by-election}}

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{{Use British English|date=August 2019}}

The 1887 Liverpool Exchange by-election was held on 26 January 1887 after the death of the incumbent Liberal MP David Duncan. It was retained by the Liberal candidate Ralph Neville, with a narrow majority of 7 votes.

Goschen was Chancellor of the Exchequer. He had voted against Gladstone's Home Rule Bill in 1886 and became a Liberal Unionist. He subsequently lost his seat at Edinburgh East at the 1886 general election.{{cite book |last=Elliot |first=Arthur D. |author-link= |date=1911 |title=The life of George Joachim Goschen, first Viscount Goschen |volume=II |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924088014778/ |location=London |publisher=Longmans, Green and Co. |page= |isbn=}}

Lord Randolph Churchill resigned as Chancellor of the Exchequer on 22 December 1886. The Marquess of Salisbury appointed Goschen to the post on 14 January 1887.{{Cite web |title=Past Chancellors of the Exchequer |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-chancellors |access-date=8 March 2023 |website=gov.uk |publisher=Government of the United Kingdom}}{{cite book

| ref = endnote CookKeith

| last1 = Cook

| first1 = Chris

| first2 = Brendan

| last2 = Keith

| year = 1975

| title = British Historical Facts: 1830–1900

| page = 40

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| url-access = limited

| publisher = Palgrave Macmillan UK

| isbn = 978-1-349-01348-7

}} He became the sole Liberal Unionist in an otherwise Conservative government.

Goschen was therefore Chancellor outside the House of Commons and contested the by-election to return to the House.{{cite book |editor-last1=Otte |editor-first1=T. G. |editor-last2=Readman |editor-first2=Paul |author-link= |date=2013 |title=By-elections in British Politics, 1832-1914 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fASYFMKoTRIC |location=Woodbridge |publisher=The Boydell Press |page=182 |isbn=978-1-84383-780-0 }}

{{Election box begin | title=Liverpool Exchange by-election, 1887[https://archive.org/details/constitutionaly07unkngoog The Constitutional Year Book], 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 170 (194 in web page)}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Ralph Neville

|votes = 3,217

|percentage = 50.1

|change = -1.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate = George Goschen

|votes = 3,210

|percentage = 49.9

|change = +1.4

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7

|percentage = 0.2

|change = -2.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|electorate = 7,911

|votes = 6,427

|percentage = 81.2

|change = +11.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = -1.4

}}

{{Election box end}}