1870 Brecon by-election

The Brecon by-election of 1870 was fought on 13 June 1870. The by-election was fought due to the Succession to a peerage of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, Lord Hyde. It was won by the Conservative candidate James Gwynne-Holford.[1]

1870 Brecon by-election[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Gwynne-Holford	372	52.4	+1.4
	Liberal	Hugh Powell Price[3]	338	47.6	-1.4
Majority			34	4.8	+2.7
Turnout			710	87.2	-2.4
Registered electors			814
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+1.4

References

"Leigh Rayment - Commons". leighrayment.com.
F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
"Brecon Boroughs". Western Daily Press. 9 July 1870. p. 3. Retrieved 28 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.

By-elections in Wales to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom 1868–1899 » 1900–1949 »
1860s	February 1869: Radnor Boroughs April 1869: Brecon
1870s	January 1870: Merionethshire June 1870: Brecon March 1871: Monmouthshire March 1872: Flintshire October 1872: Flint Boroughs November 1873: Haverfordwest Boroughs March 1874: Monmouthshire June 1874: Haverfordwest May 1875: Breconshire June 1876: Pembrokeshire August 1876: Carmarthen Boroughs May 1877: Montgomery Boroughs May 1878: Carmarthen Boroughs July 1878: Flint Boroughs
1880s	May 1880: Haverfordwest Boroughs May 1880: Denbighshire May 1880: Radnor Boroughs November 1880: Caernarvonshire January 1882: Carmarthen Boroughs March 1882: Caernarvon Boroughs October 1884: Radnor Boroughs May 1885: Denbighshire February 1886: Cardiff Boroughs March 1886: Flintshire March 1888: Merthyr Tydfil March 1888: Gower October 1888: Merthyr Tydfil July 1889: West Carmarthenshire
1890s	April 1890: Caernarvon Boroughs August 1890: East Carmarthenshire August 1892: Merionethshire June 1893: Swansea District July 1893: Cardiganshire March 1894: Montgomeryshire September 1897: East Denbighshire February 1898: Pembrokeshire May 1899: Merionethshire
Lists of UK by-elections 1801–1806 1806–1818 1818–1832 1832–1847 1847–1857 1857–1868 1868–1885 1885–1900 1900–1918 1918–1931 1931–1950 1950–1979 1979–2010 2010–present Northern Ireland

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.