1874 Birkenhead by-election

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1874 Birkenhead by-election

| percentage1 = 58.0%

| swing1 = {{decrease}}12.0%

| registered = 7,458

| after_party = Conservative Party (UK)

| after_election = David MacIver

| before_party = Conservative Party (UK)

| before_election = John Laird

| title = MP

| percentage2 = 42.0%

| popular_vote2 = 2,474

| party2 = Liberal Party (UK)

| candidate2 = Samuel Stitt

| image2 =

Lib

| popular_vote1 = 3,421

| country = United Kingdom

| party1 = Conservative Party (UK)

| image1 = x160px

| candidate1 = David MacIver

| seats_for_election = Constituency of Birkenhead

| next_election = 1880 United Kingdom general election

| election_date = 24 November 1874

| previous_year = 1874 (GE)

| previous_election = 1874 United Kingdom general election

| ongoing = no

| type = parliamentary

| next_year = 1880

| turnout = 79.0% ({{decrease}} 8.3%)

| swing2 = {{increase}}12.0%

}}

The 1874 Birkenhead by-election was fought on 24 November 1874. The by-election was fought due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, John Laird. It was won by the Conservative candidate David MacIver.{{Rayment-hc|date=May 2021}}

Votes

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 26 Nov 1884: Birkenhead {{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book|page=46}}"Election Intelligence." Times [London, England] 26 Nov. 1874: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 Dec. 2013.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= David MacIver

|votes= 3,421

|percentage= 58.0

|change= −12.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= Samuel Stitt{{cite news|title=Representation of Birkenhead|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18741121/025/0004|access-date=27 December 2017|work=The Morning Post|date=21 November 1874|page=4|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes= 2,474

|percentage= 42.0

|change= +12.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes= 947

|percentage= 16.0

|change= −24.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 5,895

|percentage= 79.0