Bewdley by-election, 1869

The Bewdley by-election of 1869 was fought on 11 March 1869. The by-election was fought due to the Void election of the incumbent MP of the Conservative Party, Richard Atwood Glass. It was won by the Conservative candidate John Cunliffe.

On petition Cunliffe was unseated and his liberal opponent Augustus Anson was declared elected. He was re-elected in the 1874 general election.

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