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1879 Cockermouth by-election
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UK Parliamentary by-election
August 2019
August 2019
The 1879 Cockermouth by-election was fought on 16 April 1879. The by-election took place due to the death of the incumbent Liberal MP, Isaac Fletcher. It was won by the Liberal candidate William Fletcher.May 2021
Cockermouth by-election, 1879Cockermouth Election South Wales Daily News 17 April 1879 6 October 2016 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000919/18790417/028/0003 British Newspaper Archive subscription
Liberal Party (UK)
William Fletcher
557
60.3
+3.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Mr. Rapley
366
39.7
-3.7
191
20.6
+7.4
923
83.8
+0.8
Liberal Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
+3.7
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