Liverpool by-election, 1855

The 1855 Liverpool by-election was held on 29 March 1855 after the incumbent Conservative MP Henry Thomas Liddell succeeded to the peerage as Baron Ravensworth. The election was won by the Whig candidate Joseph Christopher Ewart.[1]

Liverpool by-election, 1855
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Joseph Christopher Ewart 5,718
Conservative Sir S G Bonham, Bt 4,262
Majority 1,456
Registered electors 17,795
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

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