1872 Oldham by-election

A by-election was held in Oldham on 5 June 1872. The by-election was fought due to the death of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, John Platt. It was won by the Conservative candidate John Morgan Cobbett.[1]

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs


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