The 1868 Clitheroe by-election was held on 13 July 1868, following the death of the incumbent Liberal MP, Richard Fort. [1] It was won by the Conservative Party candidate Ralph Assheton, who stood unopposed. [2]
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The 1868 Stamford by-election was held on 24 June 1868, when the incumbent Conservative MP Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, Viscount Ingestre became ineligible, having acceded to the Earldom of Shrewsbury, upon the death of his father. The by-election was won by the Conservative Party candidate William Unwin Heygate, who stood unopposed.