1886 Flintshire by-election

UK parliamentary by-election in Wales December 2020 May 2022 The 1886 Flintshire by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the UK House of Commons constituency of Flintshire in Wales on 2 March 1886. Vacancy The by-election was caused by the resignation of the sitting Liberal MP, Richard Grosvenor who was appointed a Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds and then to the House of Lords.Death of Mr. Henry Richard, M.P. Huddersfield Chronicle 25 August 1888 20 December 2015 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000167/18880825/042/0003 British Newspaper Archive subscription Candidates Two candidates were nominated. The Liberal Party nominated businessman Samuel Smith.Dictionary of National Biography, Second Supplement The Conservative Party nominated Justice of the Peace Philip Pennant Pennant.The General Election https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18851125/004/0002 26 November 2017 The Morning Post 25 Nov 1885 2 British Newspaper Archive subscription Result 1886 Flintshire by-electionCraig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 (1 ed.). London and Basingstoke: The Macmillan Press Ltd. 9780333169032. Page 476 Liberal Party (UK) Samuel Smith 4,248 60.8 +0.5 Conservative Party (UK) Philip Pennant Pennant 2,738 39.2 -0.5 1,510 21.6 +1.0 6,986 69.3 -9.0 10,081 Liberal Party (UK) +0.5 References Category:1886 elections in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Welsh constituencies Category:1886 in Wales Category:1880s elections in Wales Category:March 1886 in the United Kingdom Category:History of Flintshire