1871 Ripon by-election explained

The 1871 Ripon by-election was held on 15 February 1871. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, Lord John Hay. It was won by the Liberal candidate Sir Henry Knight Storks.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The House of Commons constituencies beginning with "R" . Leigh Rayment . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131014170317/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Rcommons1.htm. 14 October 2013.