The by-election was held due to the incumbent Liberal MP, Thomas Kincaid-Smith, resigning to restand following his resignation from the Liberal Party.
It was won by the Conservative candidate Philip Staveley Foster.
In 1909, he resigned his seat and left the Liberal Party to advocate compulsory military training.
He stood as an independent, supported by the National Service League, at the ensuing by-election, but was badly defeated.
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