1876 Burnley by-election

The 1876 Burnley by-election was held on 12 February 1876. The by-election was fought due to the death of the incumbent Liberal MP, Richard Shaw. It was won by the Liberal candidate Peter Rylands.^[1]

Burnley by-election, 1876^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Rylands	3,520	53.4	−1.8
	Conservative	William Alexander Lindsay^[4]	3,077	46.6	+1.8
Majority			433	6.8	−4.0
Turnout			6,597	92.6	+8.5
Registered electors			7,127
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.8

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
^ "Burnley Election". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 14 February 1876. Retrieved 5 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
^ "The nomination of candidates to fill the vacancy in Burnley". Bradford Observer. 10 February 1876. p. 8. Retrieved 28 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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[1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

[2] "Burnley Election". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 14 February 1876. Retrieved 5 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[craig1832-3] Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.

[lindsay1876-4] "The nomination of candidates to fill the vacancy in Burnley". Bradford Observer. 10 February 1876. p. 8. Retrieved 28 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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