1874 Wenlock by-election

1874 Wenlock by-election

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Constituency of Wenlock
Registered	3,541
Turnout	88.1% ( 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.
2. F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)