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was established to investigate the extent of corruption, and its report was published in December, concluding that there had been extensive corruption. New writs were proposed unsuccessfully on 17 December 1906 and 14 February 1907, and the writ was not finally moved until 31 January 1908, leaving
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Copy of the Shorthand Writers' Notes of the Judgment of Mr. Justice Lawrance and Mr. Justice Walton on the Trial of the Election Petition of the City of Worcester; also the Minutes of Evidence taken at the Trial of the said Election
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Reports of the Decisions of the Judges for the trial of Election Petitions in England and Ireland as pursuant to the Parliamentary Elections Act 1868
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Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire Into the Existence of Corrupt Practices at the Last Election for the City of Worcester (1906).
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Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire Into the Existence of Corrupt Practices at the Last Election for the City of Worcester (1906).
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adjudged Williamson "guilty by his agents of the corrupt practice of bribery", so that on 14 June his seat was vacated. The
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By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Worcestershire constituencies
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The election was held after the voiding of the election for Worcester at the
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The campaign was "short but exceptionally keen". Goulding campaigned for
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O'Malley, Edwin L.; Hardcastle, Henry; Sandars, J. S. (1910).
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alleging corruption, and after a trial from 22 to 26 May, Sir
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Index

UK parliamentary by-election
Worcester
Conservative
Edward Goulding
1906 UK general election
George Henry Williamson
Liberal Party
Henry Devenish Harben
election petition
John Compton Lawrance
Joseph Walton
writ of election
Royal Commission
tariff reform
Worcester City Council
county borough
rates
anti-incumbency
Liberal government
Conservative
Edward Goulding
Liberal
Harold Elverston
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative
Swing
Reports of the Decisions of the Judges for the trial of Election Petitions in England and Ireland as pursuant to the Parliamentary Elections Act 1868
Copy of the Shorthand Writers' Notes of the Judgment of Mr. Justice Lawrance and Mr. Justice Walton on the Trial of the Election Petition of the City of Worcester; also the Minutes of Evidence taken at the Trial of the said Election Petition
HC Deb 14 June 1906 vol 158 cc1102–1106

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