The 1871 West Staffordshire by-election was fought on 13 June 1871. The by-election was fought due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Hugo Francis Meynell Ingram. It was won by the unopposed[1] Conservative candidate Francis Monckton.[2]
References
edit- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1977). British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (1 ed.). London: Macmillan. p. 460.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs