1878 Cirencester by-election

The 1878 Cirencester by-election was held on 12 March 1878. The by-election was fought due to the succession to a peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, Allen Bathurst who became the sixth Earl Bathurst. It was won by the Conservative candidate Thomas William Chester-Master.[1]

Cirencester by-election, 1878[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas William Chester-Master	698	66.8	N/A
	Liberal	Mr. Ponsonby	347	33.2	New
Majority			351	33.6	N/A
Turnout			1,045	92.6	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
2. "Cirencester Election". Gloucester Citizen. 13 March 1878. Retrieved 5 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.