1878 Perthshire by-election

The 1878 Perthshire by-election was fought on 2 February 1878. The by-election was fought due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Sir William Stirling-Maxwell. It was won by the Conservative candidate Henry Home-Drummond-Moray. ^[1]

1878 Perthshire by-election ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Home-Drummond-Moray	2,439	52.0	−3.4
	Liberal	Algernon Greville-Nugent [3]	2,255	48.0	+3.4
Majority			184	4.0	−6.8
Turnout			4,694	83.6	−0.2
Registered electors			5,613
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.4

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. "The Perthshire Election" . Dundee Evening Telegraph . 26 January 1878. p. 4. Retrieved 15 January 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.