1891 East Dorset by-election

The 1891 East Dorset by-election was held on 27 November 1891 after the death of the incumbent Conservative MP George Hawkesworth Bond. The seat was retained by the Conservative candidate Humphrey Napier Sturt.

East Dorset by-election, 1891[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Humphrey Napier Sturt 4,421 52.0 −2.1
Liberal Pascoe Glyn 4,074 48.0 +2.1
Majority 347 4.0 −4.2
Turnout 8,495 83.5 +1.7
Conservative hold Swing -2.1

References

  1. ^ The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 142 (166 in web page), Dorsetshire
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