The 1873
East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Staffordshire, England. The council is based in Burton upon Trent. The borough also contains the town of Ut ...
by-election was fought on 6 August 1873. The by-election was fought due to the death of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party,
John Robinson McClean. It was won by the Conservative candidate
Samuel Allsopp,
who defeated the
Liberal candidate,
John Jaffray, by 3.630 votes to 2,893.
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1873 in England
1873 elections in the United Kingdom
By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Staffordshire constituencies
19th century in Staffordshire
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