1876 East Suffolk by-election

The 1876 East Suffolk by-election was fought on 22 February 1876. The by-election 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	4,708	46.3
	Liberal	Charles Easton	3,659	43.7
Majority			951	2.6
Turnout			8,367
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
2. "East Suffolk Election". Cork Constitution. 24 February 1876. Retrieved 11 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.