1876 Horsham by-election

UK parliamentary by-election August 2019 The 1876 Horsham by-election was held on 29 February 1876. The by-election was fought due to the previous by-election being declared void. This had resulted in the election of the Liberal MP Robert Henry Hurst (junior). The Conservative candidate, Sir Hardinge Giffard, had been appointed as Solicitor General the year before, although he had not yet got a seat in the Commons. It was won by the Liberal candidate James Clifton Brown.http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Hcommons4.htm leighrayment.com House of Commons: Horncastle to Hythe 1 December 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121219110655/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Hcommons4.htm 19 December 2012 Result Horsham by-election, 29 February 1876 Liberal Party (UK) James Clifton Brown 478"Election Intelligence." Times [London, England] 1 Mar. 1876: 5. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 Dec. 2013. 53.0 +15.7 Conservative Party (UK) Sir Hardinge Giffard 424 47.0 -15.7 54 6.0 N/A 902 89.6 +2.7 1,007 Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +15.7 References Category:1876 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1876 in England Category:19th century in Sussex Category:Horsham Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Sussex constituencies Category:February 1876 in the United Kingdom