[1] The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

The local Conservative Association selected 53-year-old Sir John Jackson as their candidate to defend the seat.

[4] The local Liberal Association selected 54-year-old John Benn as their candidate to gain the seat.

Benn was active in the London Dock Strike of 1889, and, as an increasingly prominent London politician, was elected in 1892 as the Liberal Party candidate for St George Division of Tower Hamlets.

The Liberals re-gained the seat from the Conservatives: At the following General Election the result was: