1906 Basingstoke by-election

[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.

He died on 14 February 1906 at the age of 57, just days after being re-elected at the 1906 general election.

They held the seat at the last election by a very small majority; The Conservatives chose barrister Arthur Salter KC as their candidate.

The local Liberal Association re-selected 24 year-old Harry Verney who had been their unsuccessful candidate at the general election.

Four years later, at the general election, Salter comfortably held the seat for the Conservatives against a new Liberal challenger.