Abstract
Based on manuscript and printed sources from private and public archives, this article examines the national repercussions of a controversy over the selection of a Unionist candidate for the constituency of Warwick and Leamington Spa in 1895. The controversy exposed tensions between Joseph Chamberlain and the Conservative party, both on a local and national level, generating a national debate which demonstrated Chamberlain's isolation within the Unionist leadership. The article argues that, as a consequence, Chamberlain was forced to adjust his political strategy in 1895 and enter the newly-formed Unionist cabinet in a seemingly subordinate role, abandoning his much cherished programme of social reform for the sake of political survival.
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