1842 Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 The 1842 Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election of 14 June 1842 was caused by the voiding of the election in 1841 of the Liberal John Quincey Harris, on the grounds of bribery by his agents.Election Committees The Times 12 May 1842 3 The Times Digital Archive http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=cam_earl&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS50492076&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 2018-01-01 Harris, who had not been proved personally cognisant of the bribery, offered himself for reelection against the Conservative candidate John Campbell Colquhoun. The Conservatives publicly proclaimed before the poll their case that Harris was to be barred from re-standing.Newcastle-under-Line Election Committee The Times 22 July 1842 4 The Times Digital Archive http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=cam_earl&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS67531510&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 2018-01-01 Result Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election, 1842http://by-elections.co.uk/69.html Newcastle Election 4 The Times 16 June 1842 The Times Digital Archive 2018-01-01 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120314034618/http://by-elections.co.uk/69.html 14 March 2012 Whigs (British political party) John Quincey Harris 499 51.0 +17.8 Conservative Party (UK) John Campbell Colquhoun 479 49.0 -17.8 20 2.0 -6.7 978 91.0 -3.1 Whigs (British political party) +17.8 A further Election Committee convened on 21 July 1842 to consider a petition that Harris was disqualified from re-standing in a by-election caused by the voiding of his own election, that this was notorious before the by-election, that votes cast for Harris were thrown away, and that Colquhoun should be declared elected. The Committee agreed, and Colquhoun was seated.Election Committees The Times 23 July 1842 5 The Times Digital Archive http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=cam_earl&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS84046583&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 2018-01-01 References Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Staffordshire constituencies Category:Politics of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election Category:19th century in Staffordshire Newcastle-under-Lyme