April 1871 Durham City by-election

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The 1871 Durham City by-election was fought on 28 April 1871. The byelection was fought due to the death of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, John Robert Davison. [1] It was won by the Conservative candidate John Lloyd Wharton. [2]

It was the second by-election of the year, as Davison had been required to seek re-election following his appointment as Judge Advocate General. The first by-election had been held on 14 January, in which Davison had been re-elected unopposed.

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References

  1. "Rt. Hon. John Robert Davison, M.P., Q.C." halhed. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs