The 1903 Preston by-election was held on 14 May 1903, following the death of the incumbent

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MP Robert William Hanbury. The by-election was won by the Conservative candidate John Kerr. This was despite the support lent by the

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and local temperance movements to John Hodge the Labour candidate.

Result

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