1834 Dudley by-election

UK parliamentary by-election August 2019 1834 Dudley by-election United Kingdom 81.6% 1835 parliamentary no 1832 United Kingdom general election 1832 27 February 1834 1835 United Kingdom general election Constituency of Dudley Thomas Hawkes Con Conservative Party (UK) 322 55.9% x160px Sir John Campbell Whigs (British political party) 254 44.1% MP Sir John Campbell Whigs (British political party) Thomas Hawkes Conservative Party (UK) 670 The 1834 Dudley by-election was fought on 27 February 1834 after the sitting MP, Sir John Campbell, was appointed as Attorney General, triggering a by-election. Campbell's opponent was Thomas Hawkes, a local industrialist who owned a glass factory.Tuberville T.C. Worcestershire in the nineteenth century. A complete digest of facts occurring in the county since the commencement of the year 1800 1852 Longman, Brown, Green and Longman London 53–54 https://archive.org/details/worcestershirein00tubeiala 4 May 2018 The two men had previously contested the constituency of Stafford in 1830 and 1831. The writ for the election arrived at Dudley on Sunday, 23 February and on the following day, the Returning Officer, Mr. Jenkins, announced that nominations would take place on Thursday 27 February. On the Monday and Wednesday before the election, disorder broke out in the town, with injuries inflicted and windows broken. At the hustings on election day, the candidacy of Campbell was proposed by Mr J. Twamley and seconded by James Foster. Hawkes was proposed and seconded respectively by Mr C. Cartwight and Mr. W. Fellows. After election addresses, the Returning Officer asked for a show of hands in support of the rival candidates and Campbell was adjudged to have won this. The Hawkes' camp then requested a poll and at about 3pm voting ended and the result revealed that Thomas Hawkes had won the Dudley seat with a majority of 68.Dudley Election https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000150/18340306/012/0004 12 October 2018 Worcester Journal The British Newspaper Archive 6 March 1834 4 subscription The result provoked considerable further disorder in the townhttp://www.gutenberg.org/files/47943/47943-h/47943-h.htm Clarke C.F.G. The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country 1881 Buckler Brothers Birmingham 11 October 2018 resulting in a request for the military to intervene.Dudley Election https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001308/18340305/042/0004 14 October 2018 Wolverhampton Chronicle and Staffordshire Advertiser The British Newspaper Archive 5 March 1834 4 subscription Two troops of the 3rd Dragoon Guards arrived from Birmingham to clear the streets of rioters. By-election, 27 February 1834: DudleyVincent J McCalmont's Parliamentary Poll Book 1971 The Harvester Press Brighton, UK 0855270004 93 (Section I) 8th Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Hawkes (MP) 322 55.9 +14.0 Whig Party (UK) Sir John Campbell 254 44.1 -14.0 68 11.8 N/A 576 80.6 -1.0 715 Conservative Party (UK) Whig Party (UK) +14.0 References Category:1834 in England Category:Politics of Dudley Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in West Midlands (county) constituencies Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Worcestershire constituencies Category:19th century in Worcestershire Category:1834 elections in Europe Category:1830s elections in the United Kingdom