1878 Greenock by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

The 1878 Greenock by-election was fought on 25 January 1878. The by-election was called due to the resignation of the incumbent Liberal MP, James Johnston Grieve. It was won by the Liberal candidate James Stewart.^[1]

1878 Greenock by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Stewart	2,183	36.0	*N/A*
	Conservative	James Fergusson	2,124	35.0	New
	Liberal	Donald Currie^[2]	1,648	27.2	N/A
	Independent Liberal	William Dundas Scott Moncrieff^[3]^[4]	108	1.8	New
Majority			59	1.0	N/A
Turnout			6,063	81.4	N/A
Registered electors			7,446
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
^ "Mr Donald Currie in Greenock". Greenock Telegraph and Clyde Shipping Gazette. 15 May 1878. p. 2. Retrieved 31 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Greenock". North Devon Journal. 31 January 1878. p. 3. Retrieved 31 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Sir Scott Moncrieff and His Creditors". Greenock Telegraph and Clyde Shipping Gazette. 9 July 1878. p. 3. Retrieved 31 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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