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1878 Flint Boroughs by-election
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UK Parliamentary by-election
August 2019
December 2023
The 1878 Flint Boroughs by-election was fought on 5 July 1878. The by-election was fought due to the death of the incumbent Liberal MP, Peter Ellis Eyton. It was won by the Liberal candidate John Roberts.
1878 Flint Boroughs by-electionFlint Boroughs Election South Wales Daily News 6 July 1878 13 October 2016 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000919/18780706/034/0003 British Newspaper Archive subscription
Liberal Party (UK)
John Roberts
1,636
52.0
-11.2
Conservative Party (UK)
Philip Pennant Pennant
1,511
48.0
+11.3
125
4.0
+3.9
3,147
84.9
+4.4
3,707
Liberal Party (UK)
-11.2
References
Category:1878 in Wales
Category:1870s elections in Wales
Category:History of Flintshire
Category:1878 elections in the United Kingdom
Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Welsh constituencies