1874 Preston by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

The 1874 Preston by-election was fought on 24 April 1874. The by-election was fought due to the incumbent Conservative MP, John Holker, becoming Solicitor General for England and Wales. It was retained by the incumbent.[1]

## References

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1. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1977). British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (1 ed.). London: Macmillan. p. 271.

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* March: Chicester
* New Shoreham
* Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities
* Liverpool
* North Hampshire
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* Dublin University
* Huntingdon
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* Galway
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* Falkirk Burghs
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* April: County Louth
* Hackney
* Preston
* May: Wakefield
* Stroud
* Dudley
* Poole
* Mayo
* June: City of Durham
* Haverfordwest
* Oxford
* North Durham
* Galway
* July: Launceston
* Stroud
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* September: Midhurst
* October: Cambridgeshire
* Northampton
* November: Wenlock
* Birkenhead
* December: St Ives

1875|

* January: Dublin University
* East Kent
* February: Dublin University
* Tipperary
* East Kent
* Stroud
* March: Norwich
* St Ives
* Tipperary
* Bridport
* April: Meath
* Kirkcaldy Burghs
* Bedfordshire
* Kilkenny City
* May: Breconshire
* June: West Suffolk
* July: Hartlepool
* September: Blackburn
* October: West Suffolk
* Armagh City
* November: South West Lancashire
* Mid Surrey
* December: Whitehaven
* Horsham
* East Aberdeenshire

1876|

* January: Ipswich
* South Wiltshire
* February: Dorset
* North Shropshire
* Burnley
* Enniskillen
* Leominster
* Huntingdon
* Manchester
* East Suffolk
* Berkshire
* East Retford
* Horsham
* April: North Norfolk
* East Cumberland
* May: West Aberdeenshire
* June: Pembrokeshire
* Birmingham
* July: West Worcestershire
* Leitrim
* Mid Cheshire
* East Kent
* August: New Shoreham
* Leeds
* Carmarthen Boroughs
* Rutlandshire
* Donegal
* September: Buckinghamshire
* November: Frome
* South Shropshire
* Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities
* December: Liskeard

1877|

* January: County Sligo
* County Waterford
* February: Dublin University
* Wilton
* Halifax
* March: Oldham
* Launceston
* April: Salford
* May: Montgomery Boroughs
* Tipperary
* June: Dungarvan
* Huntingdonshire
* August: Great Grimsby
* South Shropshire
* Westminster
* Clare
* North Northamptonshire

1878|

* January: Greenock
* Leith Burghs
* Perth
* Marlborough
* February: Perthshire
* Oxfordshire
* York
* March: Canterbury
* Cirencester
* Hereford
* Mid Somerset
* East Somerset
* Worcester
* April: Belfast
* North Lancashire
* Middlesex
* South Northumberland
* Tamworth
* North Staffordshire
* May: Carmarthen Boroughs
* West Kent
* Oxford University
* Reading
* June: Rochester
* Southampton
* July: Middlesbrough
* Flint Boroughs
* August: Haddington Burghs
* Boston
* Newcastle-under-Lyme
* Argyllshire
* September: Truro
* October: Peterborough
* December: Maldon
* Bristol
* New Ross
* County Londonderry

1879|

* January: North Norfolk
* Cambridgeshire
* February: County Cork
* South Warwickshire
* Haddington Burghs
* March: East Somerset
* April: Longford
* Cockermouth
* East Cumberland
* May: Canterbury
* Clare
* Limerick City
* July: Glasgow
* Ennis
* September: Elginshire and Nairnshire
* December: Donegal
* Sheffield

1880|

* February: Liverpool
* Barnstaple
* Southwark
* Kilkenny City
* March: Drogheda
* West Norfolk

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