1900 Blackpool by-election

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The 1900 Blackpool by-election was held on 21 December 1900 after the incumbent Conservative MP Sir Matthew Ridley was appointed Crown Stewart and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds on 11 December 1900,{{London Gazette |issue= 27256 |date=14 December 1900 |page=8461}} ahead of being elevated to the peerage as Viscount Ridley on 17 December 1900.{{London Gazette |issue= 27257 |date=18 December 1900 |page=8538}} Ridley had been Home Secretary from 1895 to 12 November 1900.

The seat was retained by the Conservative candidate Henry Worsley-Taylor.

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|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Worsley-Taylor

|votes = 7,059

|percentage =55.8

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|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Joseph Heap

|votes = 5,589

|percentage =44.2

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{{Election box majority|

|votes =1,470

|percentage =11.6

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 12,648

|percentage = 78.2

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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