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1876 West Worcestershire by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

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Source revisionJun 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ16910482 ↗
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The 1876 West Worcestershire by-election was fought on 8 July 1876. The by-election was fought due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, William Edward Dowdeswell. It was won by the unopposed Conservative candidate Sir Edmund Lechmere.

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The public source identifies “1876 West Worcestershire by-election” as uK Parliamentary by-election. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around West, Worcestershire and by-election.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1876—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with West, Worcestershire and by-election providing the first useful test.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16910482. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1876.

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This entry incorporates text from “1876 West Worcestershire by-election” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.