Buckingham by-election, 1889

The 1889 Buckingham by-election was held on 11 October 1889 after the incumbent Conservative MP, Egerton Hubbard succeeded to a peerage as the second Baron Addington. The seat was won by the Liberal candidate Edmund Verney who would later be expelled causing a by-election in 1891. The Conservative candidate, Evelyn Hubbard was the younger brother of the outgoing MP.

Buckingham by-election, 1889[1]

Electorate

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edmund Verney 4,856
Conservative Evelyn Hubbard 4,647
Majority
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. The Constitiutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 140 (164 in web page), Berkshire
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