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The 1876 East Suffolk by-election was fought on 22 February 1876. The byelection 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.
The 1876 Frome by-election was fought on 23 November 1876. The byelection was fought due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Henry Lopes in order to become a Judge of the High Court of Justice. It was won by the Liberal candidate Henry Samuelson.
The 1876 Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities by-election was fought on 6–10 November 1876. The byelection was fought due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Edward Strathearn Gordon. It was won by the Conservative candidate William Watson.
The 1876 South Shropshire by-election was fought on 3 November 1876. The byelection was fought due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Percy Egerton Herbert. It was won by the unopposed Conservative candidate John Edmund Severne.
The 1876 Donegal by-election was fought on 26 August 1876. The byelection was fought due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Thomas Conolly. It was won by the Conservative candidate William Wilson, who beat the Liberal candidate, Thomas Lea, former member for Kidderminster, by 1,975 votes to 1,876, a majority of 99.
The 1876 Rutlandshire by-election was fought on 17 August 1876. The by-election was fought due to the incumbent Conservative MP, Gerard Noel, becoming First Commissioner of Works. It was retained by the incumbent.
The 1876 New Shoreham by-election was fought on 4 August 1876. The byelection was fought due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Percy Burrell. It was won by the Conservative candidate Walter Burrell.
The 1876 West Worcestershire by-election was fought on 8 July 1876. The byelection was fought due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, William Edward Dowdeswell. It was won by the unopposed Conservative candidate Sir Edmund Lechmere.
The 1876 Pembrokeshire by-election was fought on 26 June 1876. The by-election was fought due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, John Scourfield. It was won by the Conservative candidate James Bevan Bowen.
The 1876 East Cumberland by-election was fought on 26 April 1876. The byelection was fought due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, William Nicholson Hodgson. It was won by the Liberal candidate Stafford Howard.
The 1876 North Norfolk by-election was fought on 21 April 1876. The byelection was fought due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Frederick Walpole. It was won by the Conservative candidate James Duff.
The 1876 East Retford by-election was fought on 24 February 1876. The by-election was fought due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, George Monckton-Arundell. It was won by the Conservative candidate William Beckett-Denison.
The 1876 Berkshire by-election was fought on 23 February 1876. The by-election was fought due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Richard Fellowes Benyon. It was won by the Conservative candidate Philip Wroughton in an all Conservative fight.
The 1876 Huntingdon by-election was fought on 16 February 1876. The by-election was fought due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, John Burgess Karslake. It was won by the unopposed Conservative candidate Viscount Hinchingbrooke.
The 1876 North Shropshire by-election was fought on 3 February 1876. The by-election was fought due to the elevation to the peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, John Ormsby-Gore. It was won by the Conservative candidate Stanley Leighton.
The 1876 Dorset by-election was fought on 3 February 1876. The by-election was fought due to the elevation to the peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, Henry Sturt. It was won by the Conservative candidate Edward Digby. The other candidate stood as a "Conservative, and tenant farmer" candidate.
The 1876 South Wiltshire by-election was fought on 4 January 1876. The byelection was fought due to the incumbent Conservative MP, Lord Henry Thynne, becoming Treasurer of the Household. It was retained by the incumbent.
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- ↑ F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results: 1832-1885, p.163
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