1874 Wenlock by-election
12 November 1874
Constituency of Wenlock
Registered3,541
Turnout88.1% (Decrease 4.6%)
  First party Second party
 
Lib
Candidate Cecil Weld-Forester Beilby Lawley
Party Conservative Liberal
Popular vote 1,720 1,401
Percentage 55.1% 44.9%
MP before election

George Weld-Forester
Conservative

 Elected MP

Cecil Weld-Forester
Conservative

The 1874 Wenlock by-election was fought on 12 November 1874. The by-election was fought due to the succession to a peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, George Weld-Forester. It was won by the Conservative candidate Cecil Weld-Forester.[1]

1874 Wenlock by-election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cecil Weld-Forester 1,720 55.1 -6.8
Liberal Beilby Lawley 1,401 44.9 +6.8
Majority 319 10.2 +6.9
Turnout 3,121 88.1 -4.6
Registered electors 3,541
Conservative hold Swing -6.8

References

  1. ↑ "Leigh Rayment - Commons". leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ↑ F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)


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