1878 Greenock by-election

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2019}}

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.{{Rayment-hc|date=May 2021}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=James Stewart

|votes= 2,183

|percentage= 36.0

|change= N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = James Fergusson

|votes= 2,124

|percentage= 35.0

|change= New

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= Donald Currie{{cite news|title=Mr Donald Currie in Greenock|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000472/18780515/036/0002|access-date=31 December 2017|work=Greenock Telegraph and Clyde Shipping Gazette|date=15 May 1878|page=2|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes= 1,648

|percentage= 27.2

|change= N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party= Independent Liberal

|candidate= William Dundas Scott Moncrieff{{cite news|title=Greenock|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000328/18780131/020/0003|access-date=31 December 2017|work=North Devon Journal|date=31 January 1878|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}{{cite news|title=Sir Scott Moncrieff and His Creditors|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000472/18780709/040/0003|access-date=31 December 2017|work=Greenock Telegraph and Clyde Shipping Gazette|date=9 July 1878|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes= 108

|percentage= 1.8

|change= New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes= 59

|percentage= 1.0

|change= N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 6,063

|percentage= 81.4

|change= N/A

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,446

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing= N/A

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