1876 East Suffolk by-election

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The 1876 East Suffolk by-election was fought on 22 February 1876. The by-election was fought due to the succession to a peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, Viscount Mahon. It was won by the Conservative candidate Frederick St John Barne. [1]

East Suffolk by-election, 1876 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frederick St John Barne 4,708 46.3
Liberal Charles Easton3,65943.7
Majority 9512.6
Turnout 8,367
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  2. "East Suffolk Election" . Cork Constitution. 24 February 1876. Retrieved 11 October 2016 via British Newspaper Archive.