List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1857–1868)

List of United Kingdom by-elections (1857–1868)

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This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom held between 1857 and 1868, with the names of the previous incumbent and the victor in the by-election and their respective parties. Where seats changed political party at the election, the result is highlighted: light blue for a Conservative gain, orange for a Whig (after 1859 Liberal) gain, and grey for any other gain.

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[unc-1] [1 1]
An uncontested by-election.

[vac-2] [1 2]
Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.

[hels-3] [1 3]
Both Robert Campbell and William Brett polled exactly the same number of votes. The mayor, as returning officer, gave his casting vote for the Liberal candidate Robert Campbell. As this vote was given after four o'clock, however, an appeal was lodged, and the House of Commons declared that the returning officer had no right to a casting vote, and that he should have returned the names of both tied candidates. On scrutiny of the votes, one vote was struck off Campbell's total, and the Conservative candidate William Brett declared duly elected.

[unc-4] [1 1]
An uncontested by-election.

[vac-5] [1 2]
Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.

[Castle-7] [1 3]
According to the writ of election the by-election cause was Castlerosse being appointed Treasurer of the Household. However according to the London Gazette he does not appear to have actually been appointed to that office but was instead appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household.

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According to the writ of election the by-election cause was Bury being appointed Comptroller of the Household. However according to the London Gazette he does not appear to have actually been appointed to that office but was instead appointed Treasurer of the Household.

[unc-9] [1 1]
An uncontested by-election.

[vac-10] [1 2]
Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.

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"Election Intelligence". Morning Advertiser. 12 March 1857. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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"Electioneering Intelligence". Sussex Advertiser. 17 March 1857. p. 7 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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Courtney, William Prideaux (1899). "Warburton, George Drought" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 59. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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Elizabeth Waterston. "George Drought Warburton". Dictionary of Canadian Biography.

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MacDonagh, Michael (1899). "Torrens, William Torrens McCullagh" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 57. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1857–1868)

List of United Kingdom by-elections (1857–1868)

Resignations

By-elections

19th Parliament (1865–1868)

18th Parliament (1859–1865)

17th Parliament (1857–1859)

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By-election	Date	Former incumbent		Winner		Cause
19th Parliament (1865–1868)
Clitheroe	13 July 1868^{[19 1]}	Richard Fort	Liberal	Ralph Assheton	Conservative	Death
Stamford	24 June 1868^{[19 1]}	Viscount Ingestre	Conservative	William Unwin Heygate	Conservative	Succession to a peerage
Dublin City	1 June 1868^{[19 1]}	Benjamin Guinness	Conservative	Arthur Guinness	Conservative	Resignation
East Worcestershire	1 June 1868	Frederick Gough-Calthorpe	Liberal	Hon. Charles Lyttelton	Liberal	Succession to a peerage
Stamford	4 May 1868^{[19 1]}	Viscount Cranborne	Conservative	Viscount Ingestre	Conservative	Succession to a peerage
East Kent	2 May 1868	Brook Bridges	Conservative	Edward Leigh Pemberton	Conservative	Elevation to the peerage
Stirling Burghs	30 April 1868	Laurence Oliphant	Liberal	John Ramsay	Liberal	Resignation
Bristol	30 April 1868	Samuel Morton Peto	Liberal	John William Miles	Conservative	Resignation
South Lincolnshire	29 April 1868^{[19 1]}	John Trollope	Conservative	William Earle Welby	Conservative	Elevation to the peerage
Radnorshire	28 April 1868^{[19 1]}	John Walsh	Conservative	Arthur Walsh	Conservative	Elevation to the peerage
Leominster	27 April 1868^{[19 1]}	Arthur Walsh	Conservative	Viscount Mahon	Conservative	Resignation to contest Radnorshire
Grantham	27 April 1868	William Earle Welby	Conservative	Edmund Turnor	Conservative	Resignation to contest South Lincolnshire
Cockermouth	27 April 1868	John Steel	Liberal	Andrew Green Thompson	Conservative	Death
Wycombe	11 April 1868^{[19 1]}	Charles Carington	Liberal	William Carington	Liberal	Succession to a peerage
Launceston	9 April 1868^{[19 1]}	Alexander Henry Campbell	Conservative	Henry Lopes	Conservative	Resignation
Coventry	26 March 1868	Henry Jackson	Liberal	Samuel Carter	Liberal	Void election
Huddersfield	20 March 1868	Thomas Crosland	Liberal	Edward Aldam Leatham	Liberal	Death
North Northamptonshire	7 March 1868^{[19 1]}	George Ward Hunt	Conservative	George Ward Hunt	Conservative	Chancellor of the Exchequer^{[19 2]}
Argyllshire	3 March 1868^{[19 1]}	Alexander Struthers Finlay	Liberal	Marquess of Lorne	Liberal	Resignation
Cambridge University	24 February 1868	Charles Jasper Selwyn	Conservative	Alexander Beresford Hope	Conservative	Resignation (Judge of the Court of Appeal in Chancery)
Stoke-upon-Trent	20 February 1868	Alexander Beresford Hope	Conservative	George Melly	Liberal	Resignation to contest Cambridge University
Helston	19 February 1868^{[19 1]}	William Brett	Conservative	William Brett	Conservative	Solicitor General for England and Wales^{[19 2]}
Kirkcudbright	30 January 1868^{[19 1]}	James Mackie	Liberal	Wellwood Herries Maxwell	Liberal	Death
Westmorland	8 January 1868^{[19 1]}	Henry Lowther	Conservative	William Lowther	Conservative	Death
Thetford	2 December 1867^{[19 1]}	Alexander Baring	Conservative	Edward Gordon	Conservative	Resignation
South Leicestershire	30 November 1867	Charles William Packe	Conservative	Thomas Paget	Liberal	Death
Manchester	27 November 1867	Edward James	Liberal	Jacob Bright	Liberal	Death
Rutland	23 November 1867^{[19 1]}	Gilbert Heathcote	Liberal	George Finch	Conservative	Succession to a peerage
Bradford	16 October 1867	Henry Wickham Wickham	Conservative	Matthew William Thompson	Liberal	Death
Galway County	12 September 1867^{[19 1]}	Lord Dunkellin	Liberal	Viscount Burke	Liberal	Death
Dublin University	27 August 1867^{[19 1]}	Hedges Eyre Chatterton	Conservative	Robert Warren	Conservative	Resignation (Vice-Chancellor of Ireland)
Stroud	20 August 1867	George Poulett Scrope	Liberal	Henry Winterbotham	Liberal	Resignation
Downpatrick	5 August 1867^{[19 1]}	David Stewart Ker	Conservative	William Keown	Conservative	Resignation
West Gloucestershire	25 July 1867	John Rolt	Conservative	Edward Arthur Somerset	Conservative	Resignation (Lord Justice of Appeal)
Coventry	23 July 1867	Morgan Treherne	Conservative	Henry Jackson	Liberal	Death
Birmingham	23 July 1867	William Scholefield	Liberal	George Dixon	Liberal	Death
Andover	22 July 1867^{[19 1]}	John Burgess Karslake	Conservative	John Burgess Karslake	Conservative	Attorney General for England and Wales^{[19 2]}
Cambridge University	22 July 1867^{[19 1]}	Charles Jasper Selwyn	Conservative	Charles Jasper Selwyn	Conservative	Solicitor General for England and Wales^{[19 2]}
North Lancashire	1 July 1867^{[19 1]}	John Wilson-Patten	Conservative	John Wilson-Patten	Conservative	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster^{[19 2]}