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1878 Peterborough by-election
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UK parliamentary by-election
March 2017
March 2017
The 1878 Peterborough by-election was fought on 29 October 1878. The by-election was fought due to the death of the incumbent Liberal MP, George Hammond Whalley.
The result
It was won and gained by the Independent Liberal candidate John Wentworth-FitzWilliam.May 2021
Peterborough by-election, 29 October 1878
Independent Liberal
John Wentworth-FitzWilliam
1,360
50.5
New
Conservative Party (UK)
John Lawrance
671
24.9
+7.7
Liberal Party (UK)
James Hayes Raper
653
24.3
-43.9
Liberal-Labour (UK)
George Potter
8
0.3
-14.3
689
25.6
N/A
2,692
80.6
+6.5
Independent Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
Elections The Cornishman 17 7 November 1878 7
References
Category:1878 in England
Category:Politics of Peterborough
Category:1878 elections in the United Kingdom
Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Cambridgeshire constituencies
Category:19th century in Cambridgeshire