1878 Tamworth by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1878 Tamworth by-election was fought on 24 April 1878. The by-election was fought due to the resignation of the incumbent, Conservative MP, Robert William Hanbury, in order to contest North Staffordshire. It was won by the Liberal candidate Hamar Bass.http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022521/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm 7 June 2008 Leigh Rayment - Commons dead leighrayment.com 1878 Tamworth by-election (1 seat)F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989) Liberal Party (UK) Hamar Bass 1,186 66.1 +20.2 Conservative Party (UK) Francis Bridgeman 607 33.9 -4.4 579 32.2 N/A 1,793 85.5 +9.0 2,096 Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +12.3 References Category:1878 in England Category:Politics of Tamworth, Staffordshire Category:1878 elections in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Staffordshire constituencies Category:19th century in Staffordshire