1875 Breconshire by-election

The Breconshire by-election of 1875 was fought on 20 May 1875. The byelection was fought due to the succession to a peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, Godfrey Morgan. It was won by the Liberal candidate William Fuller-Maitland.[1]

Breconshire by-election, 1875[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Fuller-Maitland	1,710
	Conservative	Howel Gwyn	1,603
Majority			107
Turnout				84.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

References

1. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
2. "Breconshire Election - Liberal Victory". Worcestershire Chronicle. 22 May 1875. Retrieved 5 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.