1880 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election

In July 1880, a by-election was held in Berwick-upon-Tweed. The election was triggered by a vacancy caused by Henry Strutt, the Liberal MP, succeeding to the peerage. Strutt had won the seat at the 1880 general election but became Baron Belper upon his father's death in June. Conservative candidate David Milne Home beat Liberal candidate and Lord Advocate John McLaren by a very small margin to regain the seat he had lost at the general election.

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