October 1873 Bath by-election

The 1873 Bath by-election was fought on 8 October 1873. The by-election was fought due to the Death of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, Donald Dalrymple. It was won by the Liberal candidate Arthur Hayter.{{Rayment-hc|date=May 2021}}

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 9 Oct 1873: Bath (1 seat)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Arthur Hayter

|votes= 2,210

|percentage= 50.9

|change= -18.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= William Forsyth{{cite news|title=To the electors of Bath|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/18731002/070/0005|accessdate=27 December 2017|work=Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette|date=2 October 1873|page=5|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes= 2,071

|percentage= 47.7

|change= +17.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party= Independent Liberal

|candidate= Charles Thompson{{cite news|title=Local Intelligence|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001277/18731011/057/0002|accessdate=27 December 2017|work=Downpatrick Recorder|date=11 October 1873|page=2|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes= 57

|percentage= 1.3

|change= N/A

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{{Election box majority|

|votes= 139

|percentage= 3.2

|change= +0.8

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 4,338

|percentage= 83.7