May 1873 Bath by-election

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

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The 1873 Bath by-election was fought on 6 May 1873. The by-election was fought due to the death of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, Sir William Tite. It was won by the Conservative candidate Viscount Chelsea.{{Cite web |url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm |title=House of Commons |access-date=2013-11-25 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118053557/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm |archive-date=2014-01-18 }}

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 7 May 1873: Bath (1 seat)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Cadogan

|votes= 2,251

|percentage= 53.1

|change= +22.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= Jerom Murch{{cite news|title=Topics of the Week|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000406/18730926/025/0004|accessdate=27 December 2017|work=Western Gazette|date=26 September 1873|pages=4–5|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes= 1,991

|percentage= 46.9

|change= -22.8

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{{Election box majority|

|votes=260

|percentage= 6.2

|change= N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 4,242

|percentage= 81.9

|change= -4.8

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 5,182

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +22.8

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{{Election box end}}