1887 Dulwich by-election
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates The 1887 Dulwich by-election was a by-election held on 30 November 1887 for the British House of Commons constituency of Dulwich in South London.
The by-election was triggered by the appointment of the serving Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP), John Morgan Howard, as a judge in Cornwall.
The Conservative candidate was John Blundell Maple, who had unsuccessfully contested St Pancras South at the 1885 general election. The Liberal candidate was James Henderson.
The main issue in the by-election was the question of Irish Home Rule, which Henderson, a supporter of Gladstone, supported. The Liberal Unionists in the constituency supported Maple.
Votes
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | James Henderson | 2,609 | 39.4 | ||
| Majority | 1,412 | 21.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 6,630 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
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See also
References
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- ↑ The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 158 (182 in web page)
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- The Times, 1 December 1887
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