1876 East Suffolk by-election

The East Suffolk by-election of 1876 was fought on 22 February 1876. The byelection was fought due to the succession to a peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, Viscount Mahon. It was won by the Conservative candidate Frederick St John Barne.[1]

East Suffolk by-election, 1876[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Frederick St John Barne	3,659
	Liberal	Charles Easton	4,708
Majority			951
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
2. "East Suffolk Election". Cork Constitution. 24 February 1876. Retrieved 11 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.