Thomas Richardson (Hartlepool MP, born 1846)

Sir Thomas Richardson (28 December 1846 – 22 May 1906)[1] was an English Liberal Unionist politician.

Not to be confused with Thomas Richardson (Hartlepool MP died 1890).
For other people named Thomas Richardson, see Thomas Richardson (disambiguation).

Richardson in 1895.

Richardson stood unsuccessfully for Parliament in The Hartlepools at the 1892 general election, losing by a narrow margin of 76 votes (less than 1% of the total) to the sitting Liberal Party member, Christopher Furness.[2] He won the seat at the 1895 general election, with a majority of 81 votes, but at the next general election, in October 1900, Furness retook the seat with a large majority.[2] Richardson did not stand again.

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
  2. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 119. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.


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