It was won by the Liberal Unionist party candidate Sir Michael Foster.
[1] The by-election was caused by the elevation to the peerage of the sitting Liberal Unionist Party MP Sir John Lubbock.
Sir Michael Foster won the election with a majority of 15 percent.
[2] The election result was formally announced in the theatre of the university on 12 February 1900, following which Foster gave a short speech.
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