Marmaduke D'Arcy Wyvill (5 March 1849 – 23 September 1918) was a British Conservative Party politician. He unsuccessfully contested the Bishop Auckland division of

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at the 1885 general election, losing by a wide margin to the

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candidate, whose majority was more than 44% of the votes. Wyvill did not stand for

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again until the 1895 general election, when he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Otley division of the

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, winning a seat which had been held by Liberals 1885.Craig, op. cit., page 442 However, his majority of only 48 votes (0.6% of the total) was overturned at the 1900 general election, and after his defeat he did not stand again.

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* 1849 births 1918 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1895–1900 {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1840s-stub