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1874 Cambridgeshire by-election

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The 1874 Cambridgeshire by-election was fought on 3 January 1874. The byelection was fought due to the Succession to a peerage of the incumbent MP of the Conservative Party, Viscount Royston. It was won by the Conservative candidate Elliot Yorke[1] who was unopposed.[2]

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  1. ^ "House of Commons". www.leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  2. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1977). British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (1 ed.). London: Macmillan. p. 358.