1916 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election

The Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1916 was a by-election held on 23 December 1916 for the British House of Commons constituency of Ashton-under-Lyne.

Summary
Main article: Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield § Government

The Conservative Albert Stanley was the only candidate nominated and was therefore declared elected unopposed.[1]

In exchange for his cession of the Conservative seat, the town's Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) Sir Max Aitken was elevated to the peerage as Baron Beaverbrook.

gollark: It ties you to extra tooling for macronoforms.
gollark: Your "solution" of adjusting stuff on VCS hooks is insane and apious.
gollark: And DO NOT mandate a VCS.
gollark: BEE YOU, requiring VCS hooks is bad.
gollark: I will literally fork Macron and implement "beeoids".

See also

References
  1. "The New Ministers - Sir A Stanley and Mr Fisher Returned". The Times (41359): 3. 26 December 1916. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
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