1878 Cirencester by-election

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The Cirencester by-election of 1878 was held on 12 March 1878. The byelection was fought due to the succession to a peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, Allen Bathurst who became the sixth Earl Bathurst. It was won by the Conservative candidate Thomas William Chester-Master.[1]

Cirencester by-election, 1878[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas William Chester-Master 698 66.8
Liberal Mr. Ponsonby 347 33.2
Majority 351 33.6
Turnout 1,045
Conservative hold Swing

References[]

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  2. ^ "Cirencester Election". Gloucester Citizen. 13 March 1878. Retrieved 5 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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