1878 Perthshire by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

The 1878 Perthshire by-election was fought on 2 February 1878. The by-election was fought due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Sir William Stirling-Maxwell. It was won by the Conservative candidate Henry Home-Drummond-Moray.[1]

1878 Perthshire by-election[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Henry Home-Drummond-Moray | 2,439  | 52.0  | −3.4
| Liberal | Algernon Greville-Nugent[3] | 2,255  | 48.0  | +3.4
Majority  | 184  | 4.0  | −6.8
Turnout | 4,694  | 83.6  | −0.2
Registered electors | 5,613  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | -3.4  |

## References

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1. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Commons". leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008.
2. ^ F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
3. ^ "The Perthshire Election". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 26 January 1878. p. 4. Retrieved 15 January 2018 - via British Newspaper Archive.

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