1885 North Devon by-election

The July 1866 North Devon by-election was a Ministerial by-election held on 2 July 1885, following the appointment of the incumbent Conservative MP Stafford Northcote as First Lord of the Treasury and elevation to the peerage, becoming Earl of Iddesleigh.[1] The Conservative Party candidate John Moore-Stevens was elected unopposed.[2]

  1. ^ "Sir Stafford Northcote (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  2. ^ "North Devon Election". Exeter and Plymouth Gazette. 30 June 1885. p. 1. Retrieved 19 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.