page_title: Plymouth (UK Parliament constituency)
section_title: Elections in the 1880s
hierarchical_section_title: Plymouth (UK Parliament constituency) / Elections / Elections in the 1880s
caption_attribution_description: English: Edward George Clarke, English barrister
context_page_description: Plymouth was a parliamentary borough in Devon, which elected two members of parliament to the House of Commons in 1298 and again from 1442 until 1918, when the borough was merged with the neighbouring Devonport and the combined area divided into three single-member constituencies.
context_section_description: Bates was removed upon petition, causing a by-election.
  Clarke was appointed Solicitor General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.
caption: Clarke
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