1877 Montgomery Boroughs by-election
The Montgomery Boroughs by-election of 1877 was fought on 15 May 1877. The byelection was fought due to the succession to a peerage of the incumbent Liberal MP, Hon. Charles Hanbury-Tracy. It was won by the Liberal candidate Hon. Frederick Hanbury-Tracy.[1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Frederick Hanbury-Tracy | 1,447 | 56.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Charles Vane-Tempest | 1,118 | 43.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 329 | 12.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,565 | 88.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,914 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
References[]
- ^ "Leigh Rayment - Commons". leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
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