1875 Horsham by-election

{{Short description|UK Parliamentary by-election}}

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The 1875 Horsham by-election was fought on 17 December 1875. The by-election was fought due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, William Vesey-FitzGerald, who became Chief Charity Commissioner for England and Wales.{{London Gazette |issue=24271 |date=30 November 1875 |page=6048 }} It was won by the Liberal candidate Robert Henry Hurst (junior).{{Cite web |url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Hcommons4.htm |title=leighrayment.com House of Commons: Horncastle to Hythe |access-date=1 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121219110655/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Hcommons4.htm |archive-date=19 December 2012 }} who had previously been MP for the seat but was defeated at the previous General Election.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Henry Hurst

|votes = 437

|percentage = 50.5

|change = +13.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Aldridge{{cite news|title=Horsham|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000434/18751129/080/0004|access-date=1 January 2018|work=Northern Whig|date=29 November 1875|pages=4–5|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 424

|percentage = 49.0

|change = -13.7

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{{Election box candidate minor party|

|party = Permissive Bill

|color = #FFFFAA

|candidate = Thomas Richardson{{cite news|title=Election Intelligence|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000225/18751224/040/0007|access-date=1 January 2018|work=Chelmsford Chronicle|date=24 December 1875|page=7|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 5

|percentage = 0.6

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 13

|percentage = 1.5

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 866

|percentage = 87.3

|change = +0.4

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 992

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{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +13.4

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This election was declared void and Hurst did not stand in the by-election in 1876.