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1842 Brighton by-election
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UK parliamentary by-election
August 2019
The 1842 Brighton by-election was held on 5 May 1842 after the resignation of the incumbent Whig MP Isaac Newton Wigney. The seat was gained by the Conservative MP Lord Alfred Hervey.
Brighton by-election, 6 May 1842Brighton Election. Close of Poll 7 May 1842 The Times 6
Conservative Party (UK)
Lord Alfred Hervey
1,277
66.1
+41.7
Radicals (UK)
Summers Harford
640
33.1
-1.5
Chartist
Charles Brooker
16
0.8
+0.3
Independent (politics)
Nicholson
0
0.0
New
637
33.0
N/A
1,933
76.3
-9.0
Conservative Party (UK)
Whig Party (UK)
+21.6
References
Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Sussex constituencies
Category:May 1842
Category:Politics of Brighton and Hove
Category:1842 elections in the United Kingdom
Category:1842 in England
Category:19th century in Brighton and Hove