1878 South Northumberland by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1878 South Northumberland by-election was fought on 17 April 1878. The by-election was fought due to the succession to a peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, Lord Eslington. It was won by the Conservative candidate Edward Ridley.http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022521/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm 7 June 2008 Leigh Rayment - Commons dead leighrayment.com 1878 South Northumberland by-electionF. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989) Conservative Party (UK) Edward Ridley 2,909 50.1 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Albert Grey 2,903 49.9 N/A 6 0.2 N/A 5,812 78.4 N/A 7,415 Conservative Party (UK) The original count for this by-election had both candidates receiving 2,912 votes. References Category:1878 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1878 in England Category:19th century in Northumberland Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Northumberland constituencies