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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