1870 East Suffolk by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 The 1870 East Suffolk by-election was held on 1 June 1870 after the incumbent Conservative MP John Henniker-Major was raised to the peerage as the fifth Baron Henniker. It was retained by the Conservative candidate Viscount Mahon. This was the seventh time that the Liberal candidate, Sir Shafto Adair, had been defeated in East Suffolk, although there had earlier been some speculation that he would be returned unopposed.East Suffolk Election Dublin Evening Post 7 May 1870 23 July 2016 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000435/18700507/077/0002 British Newspaper Archive subscription East Suffolk by-election, 1870East Suffolk Election, Colonel Adair's SEVENTH defeat The Ipswich Journal 4 June 1870 23 July 2016 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000071/18700604/019/0009 British Newspaper Archive subscription Conservative Party (UK) Viscount Mahon 3,456 51.3 -2.0 Liberal Party (UK) Sir Shafto Adair 3,285 48.7 +2.0 171 2.6 +0.5 6,741 74.7 -0.9 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) -2.0 References Category:1870 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1870 in England East