1878 Middlesbrough by-election
Results

1878 Middlesbrough by-election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Liberal	Isaac Wilson	5,307	68.7	+9.3

Conservative	Samuel Sadler	2,415	31.3	+15.4

Majority	2,902	37.6

Turnout	7,722	65.3	N/A

Liberal hold	Swing

Sentence(s)

The result was a victory was for Wilson, who held the 1878 Middlesbrough seat for the Liberal with a majority of 37.6% of the votes.

final_sentence: The result was a victory was for Wilson, who held the 1878 Middlesbrough seat for the Liberal with a majority of 37.6% of the votes.