1887 Northwich by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 The 1887 Northwich by-election was held on 13 August 1887 after the incumbent Liberal Unionist MP, Robert Verdin died. The seat was retaken by the Liberal candidate John Tomlinson Brunner. Brunner had previously been the MP but lost the seat in the 1885 general election due to a split within the Liberal party over Irish Home Rule. The winning Liberal Unionist candidate in 1886, Robert Verdin, was the brother of the defeated Conservative candidate in the previous general election, William Henry VerdinKoss 1970 80–81. and he won by 458 votes.Koss 1970 85. In November 1886, Brunner embarked on a world tour and his return to Northwich on 2 July 1887 was greeted with great celebration, as he was extremely popular in the town, regarded as a kind and sympathetic employer and a generous benefactor.Koss 1970 89–95. Within three weeks of Brunner's return, Robert Verdin diedKoss 1970 97. and a by-election was called. At the 1892 general election, Brunner's opponent was not a Liberal Unionist, but a Conservative, George Whiteley, who was a cotton manufacturer from Blackburn. Brunner was returned with an increased majority of 1,255.Koss 1970 172–174. Northwich by-election, 1887British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig) Liberal Party (UK) John Tomlinson Brunner 5,112 56.2 +8.9 Liberal Unionist Party Lord Henry George Grosvenor 3,983 43.8 -8.9 1,129 12.4 N/A 9,095 83.7 +4.5 Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Unionist Party +8.9 References Sources Koss Stephen E. Stephen Koss Sir John Brunner: Radical Plutocrat 1842-1919 Cambridge University Press 1970 London 0-521-07906-3 registration https://archive.org/details/sirjohnbrunnerra00koss_0 Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Cheshire constituencies Category:Northwich Category:August 1887 Category:1887 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1887 in England Category:19th century in Cheshire