1874 Wenlock by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 1874 Wenlock by-election United Kingdom 88.1% ( 4.6%) 1880 parliamentary no 1874 United Kingdom general election 1874 (GE) 12 November 1874 1880 United Kingdom general election Constituency of Wenlock Cecil Weld-Forester x160px Conservative Party (UK) 1,720 55.1% Lib Beilby Lawley Liberal Party (UK) 1,401 44.9% MP George Weld-Forester Conservative Party (UK) Cecil Weld-Forester Conservative Party (UK) 3,541 The 1874 Wenlock by-election was fought on 12 November 1874. The by-election was fought due to the succession to a peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, George Weld-Forester. It was won by the Conservative candidate Cecil Weld-Forester.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 1874 Wenlock by-electionF. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989) Conservative Party (UK) Cecil Weld-Forester 1,720 55.1 -6.8 Liberal Party (UK) Beilby Lawley 1,401 44.9 +6.8 319 10.2 +6.9 3,121 88.1 -4.6 3,541 Conservative Party (UK) -6.8 References Category:1874 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1874 in England Category:19th century in Shropshire Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Shropshire constituencies