1876 Burnley by-election

The 1876 Burnley by-election was held on 12 February 1876. The byelection was fought due to the death of the incumbent Liberal MP, Richard Shaw. It was won by the Liberal candidate Peter Rylands.[1]

Burnley by-election, 1876[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter Rylands 3,520 53.4 −1.8
Conservative William Alexander Lindsay[4] 3,077 46.6 +1.8
Majority 433 6.8 −4.0
Turnout 6,597 92.6 +8.5
Registered electors 7,127
Liberal hold Swing −1.8

Poster printed during the 1876 Burnley by-election campaign, calling for the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  2. "Burnley Election". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 14 February 1876. Retrieved 5 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  4. "The nomination of candidates to fill the vacancy in Burnley". Bradford Observer. 10 February 1876. p. 8. Retrieved 28 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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