1891 Wisbech by-election

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The 1881 Wisbech by-election was held on 23 July 1891 after the incumbent Conservative MP, Charles William Selwyn retired due to poor health. He had previously informed his local Conservative Association that his health would not allow him to undertake a contested election. [1] and he died in 1893.

Wisbech is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was created upon the abolition of an undivided Cambridgeshire county constituency in 1885 and was itself abolished in 1918.

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Captain Charles William Selwyn DL was a British army officer and Conservative politician.

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Wisbech by-election, 1891 [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Arthur Brand 3,97951.7+9.2
Conservative S W Duncan3,71948.3−9.2
Majority2603.4
Turnout 7,69865.7−10.4
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +9.2

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References

  1. ↑ "Election Intelligence". The Times . 3 October 1890. p. 5.
  2. ↑ By-election triggered by the resignation of Charles William Selwyn.
  3. ↑ The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 140 (164 in web page), Cambridgeshire


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