1876 Burnley by-election

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

The 1876 Burnley by-election was held on 12 February 1876. The by-election 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
  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.