1870 Colchester by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1870 Colchester by-election was held on 3 November 1870. The by-election was fought due to the death of the incumbent Liberal MP, John Gurdon Rebow. The Liberal candidate was Sir Henry Storks, a strong supporter of the controversial Contagious Diseases Acts which provided for compulsory inspection and medical treatment of prostitutes in garrison towns, including Colchester. Opponents of the legislation, including Josephine Butler, supported a rival Liberal Baxter Langley, and used the election in their campaign for repeal.Marsden Gordon Victorian Values: Personalities and Perspectives in Nineteenth Century Society 2014 Routledge 157–8 Langley withdrew on election day and the Conservative candidate Alexander Learmonth of Edinburgh, gained the seat convincingly.http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022521/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm 7 June 2008 dead House of Commons The gain was retained at the subsequent general election. Colchester by-election, 1870Colchester Election Cork Examiner 4 November 1870 6 October 2016 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000425/18701104/025/0003 British Newspaper Archive subscription Conservative Party (UK) Alexander Learmonth 1,377 61.8 Liberal Party (UK) Rt Hon. Sir Henry Storks 850 38.2 510 23.6 N/A 2,227 70.5 -20.2 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) References Category:1870 in England Category:Politics of Colchester Category:1870 elections in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Essex constituencies Category:1870s in Essex