1872 Aberdeen by-election






The Aberdeen by-election of 1872 was fought on 29 June 1872. The byelection was fought due to the death of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, William Henry Sykes. It was won by the moderate "Moderate Liberal" candidate John Farley Leith, against the official Liberal candidate John Farley Leith whose reputation as a Radical led to a split in the local party[1][2]



























































By-election, 29 June 1872: Aberdeen[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

John Farley Leith

4,392

57.0

N/A


Liberal

James William Barclay
2,615
33.9

N/A


Conservative
James Shaw[4]
704
9.1

N/A
Majority
1,777
23.0

N/A

Turnout
7,711
55.1

N/A

Registered electors
13,996




Liberal hold


References





  1. ^ "Election Intelligence". The Times. 26 June 1872. p. 5..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "The New M.P. For Aberdeen". The Times. 4 July 1872. p. 5.


  3. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.


  4. ^ "Mr James Shaw". Western Times. 25 Jun 1872. p. 6. Retrieved 27 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).











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