1881 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election

By-election in the United Kingdom November 2019 In 1881, Dudley Marjoribanks, MP, was elevated to the peerage as Baron Tweedmouth. At the 26 October Berwick-upon-Tweed 1881 by-election, Hubert Jerningham defeated Henry Trotter by a then record margin, despite attacks on Jerningham for supporting the right of atheist Charles Bradlaugh, who had won in Northampton at the 1880 general election, to sit in Parliament.Wickham Michael Religion and Politics Journal of Liberal History Winter 2004–2005 45 29 http://www.liberalhistory.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/45-Wickham-Religion-and-Politics.pdf 9 October 2015 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election, 1881Craig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 1 1977 Macmillan London 42 Liberal Party (UK) Hubert Jerningham 1046 66.41 +10.1 Conservative Party (UK) Henry John Trotter 529 33.58 -10.1 517 32.82 +30.1 1,575 79.2 -0.8 (est) 1,989 Liberal Party (UK) +10.1 References Category:History of Berwick-upon-Tweed Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Northumberland constituencies Category:1881 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1881 in England Category:19th century in Northumberland Category:October 1881 in the United Kingdom