1878 Middlesbrough by-election

UK Parliament by-election July 2021 July 2021 1878 Middlesbrough by-election By-election United Kingdom Middlesbrough constituency no 1874 United Kingdom general election 1874 1880 United Kingdom general election 1880 1878 07 05 y Isaac Wilson Isaac Wilson by The Hon John Collier.png Liberal Party (UK) 5,307 68.7% 15.4 p.p. Samuel Sadler Samuel Sadler MP.jpg Conservative Party (UK) 2,415 31.3% 9.3 p.p. MP Henry Bolckow Liberal Party (UK) Isaac Wilson Liberal Party (UK) The 1878 Middlesbrough by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 5 July 1878 to elect a new Member of Parliament (MP) for the British House of Commons constituency of Middlesbrough in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Vacancy The vacancy was caused by the death on 18 June 1878 of the town's Liberal MP, Henry Bolckow. The town of Middlesbrough had been enfranchised by the Representation of the People Act 1867, and at the United Kingdom general election the industrialist Henry Bolckow had been elected unopposed as its first Member of Parliament (MP).Craig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 1977 2nd 1989 Parliamentary Research Services Chichester 0-900178-26-4 In 1853, he had become the town's first mayor. Candidates Two candidates were nominated. The Conservative Party candidate was Samuel Sadler, the owner of a major chemicals business in the town, and Mayor of Middlesbrough in 1877. The Liberal Party selected Isaac Wilson, whose railway locomotive business had been merged in 1865 to Hopkins, Gilkes & Co. Wilson had been Mayor in 1854. Result The result was a victory was for Wilson, who held the seat for the Liberals with a comfortable majority of 37.4% of the votes. Middlesbrough by-election, 5 July 1878 Liberal Party (UK) Isaac Wilson 5,307 68.7 +9.3 Conservative Party (UK) Samuel Sadler 2,415 31.3 +15.4 2,902 37.4 +2.6 7,722 65.3 -5.3 Liberal Party (UK) +1.4 Aftermath Wilson held the seat until he stood down at the 1892 general election.Craig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 1974 2nd 1989 Parliamentary Research Services Chichester 0-900178-27-2 Sadler did not stand again until the 1895 general election, when he was also unsuccessful. But he finally won the seat at the 1900 general election, 22 years after the by-election. He was defeated at the 1906 general election. References March 2012 Category:1878 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1878 in England Category:19th century in Yorkshire Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Middlesbrough constituencies