1901 Oswestry by-election

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

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The 1901 Oswestry by-election was held on 24 May 1901 following the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Stanley Leighton on 4 May 1901.{{cite news|title=The late Mr. Stanley Leighton, M.P., F.S.A.|work=The Shrewsbury Chronicle|date=10 May 1901|page=6}}

The seat was retained by the Conservative candidate George Ormsby-Gore.

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|title=1901 Oswestry by-election{{cite book |last=Craig |first=F.W.S. |author-link=F. W. S. Craig |date=1974 |title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ah2vCwAAQBAJ |location=London and Basingstoke |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |page=375 |isbn=978-1-349-02300-4}}{{cite book |author= |date=1908 |title=The Liberal Year Book for 1908|url=https://archive.org/details/liberalyearbook01unkngoog/ |location=London |publisher=The Liberal Publication Department |pages=336–337 |isbn=}}{{cite book |author= |date=1919 |title=The Constitutional Year Book for 1919 |url=https://archive.org/details/constitutional1919londuoft/ |location=London |publisher=National Unionist Association |page=269 |isbn=}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Hon. George Ormsby-Gore

|votes = 4,518

|percentage = 56.8

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Allan Heywood Bright

|votes = 3,430

|percentage = 43.2

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,088

|percentage = 13.6

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 7,948

|percentage = 79.5

|reg. electors = 9,998

|change = N/A

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{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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