1881 Preston by-election
The Preston by-election of 1881 took place on 20 May 1881 after the death of the incumbent MP Edward Hermon. The Conservative candidate William Farrer Ecroyd campaigned on a fair trade platform and won the seat.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Farrer Ecroyd | 6,004 | 58.0 | -10.9 | |
| Liberal | Henry Yates Thompson | 4,340 | 42.0 | +10.9 | |
| Majority | 1,664 | 16.1 | +14.4 | ||
| Turnout | 10,344 | 88.0 | -7.8 (est) | ||
| Registered electors | 11,748 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -10.9 | |||
Notes
- A. C. Howe, ‘Ecroyd, William Farrer (1827–1915)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 16 Jan 2014.
- "Political". The Cornishman (150). 26 May 1881. p. 6.
Further reading
- B. H. Brown, The Tariff Reform Movement in Great Britain, 1881–1895 (1943).
- S. Zebel, ‘Fair Trade: An English Reaction to the Breakdown of the Cobden Treaty System’, Journal of Modern History, 12 (1940), pp. 161–185.
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