1878 Cirencester by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

The 1878 Cirencester by-election was held on 12 March 1878. The by-election 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 N/A
Liberal Mr. Ponsonby 347 33.2 New
Majority 351 33.6 N/A
Turnout 1,045 92.6 N/A
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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