1876 North Shropshire by-election

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. ^[1]

1876 North Shropshire by-election (1 seat) ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stanley Leighton	2,737	50.3	N/A
	Conservative	Salusbury Kynaston Mainwaring [3]	2,700	49.7	N/A
Majority			37	0.6	N/A
Turnout			5,437	74.1	N/A
Registered electors			7,342
	Conservative hold

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)
3. "North Shropshire" . York Herald. 7 January 1876. p. 6. Retrieved 19 January 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.