the pendulum, rather than the specific policy issues or personalities of the candidates, which was responsible for the Liberal victory – although the question of tariff reform was clearly an influential element in the result and the campaigning efforts of the Free Trade Union played their part in stimulating the electorate and getting them to the polls in greater numbers than their opponents. Aftermath Despite the 1906 Liberal landslide Lane-Fox was returned to parliament three months later and the constituency remained in Tory hands thereafter. As the Commons were not sitting at the time of the by-election, Andrews was one of the few people in history to be elected to parliament but never to take their seat. References See also List of United Kingdom by-elections United Kingdom by-election records 1905 in England 1905 elections in the United Kingdom By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in North Yorkshire constituencies Selby District 1900s in Yorkshire