The 1872

North Nottinghamshire North Nottinghamshire, formally the "Northern Division of Nottinghamshire" was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the block vote syste ...

by-election was fought on 26 February 1872. The byelection was fought due to the incumbent

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MP,

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, becoming a peer. It was won by the Conservative candidate George Monckton-Arundell.

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