| 词条 | 1881 Preston by-election |
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The Preston by-election of 1881 took place on 20 May 1881 after the death of the incumbent MP Edward Hermon. The Conservative candidate William Farrer Ecroyd campaigned on a fair trade platform and won the seat.[1] {{Election box begin | title=Preston by-election, 1881[2]}}{{Election box candidate with party link||party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = William Farrer Ecroyd |votes = 6,004 |percentage = 58.0 |change = -10.9 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Henry Yates Thompson |votes = 4,340 |percentage = 42.0 |change = +10.9 }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 1,664 |percentage = 16.1 |change = +14.4 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 10,344 |percentage = 88.0 |change = -7.8 (est) }}{{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 11,748 }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = -10.9 }}{{Election box end}} Notes1. ^A. C. Howe, ‘Ecroyd, William Farrer (1827–1915)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 16 Jan 2014. 2. ^{{cite news|title=Political|work=The Cornishman|issue=150|date=26 May 1881|page=6}} Further reading
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