1892 Chertsey by-election

The 1892 Chertsey by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 3 March 1892 for the British House of Commons constituency of Chertsey. It was caused by the death of the constituency's sitting Conservative Member of Parliament Frederick Alers Hankey, who had held the seat since the 1885 general election.

Result

The seat was held for the Conservatives by Charles Harvey Combe of Cobham Park.[1]

Chertsey by-election, 1892: Chertsey[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Harvey Combe	4,589	62.5	N/A
	Liberal	Lawrence James Baker	2,751	37.5	New
Majority			1,838	25.0	N/A
Turnout			7,340	71.7	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

References

1. "Election News -The Polling in Chertsey". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. British Newspaper Archive. 5 March 1892. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
2. The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 153 (177 in web page)