UK Parliamentary by-election
The 1872 Flintshire by-election was fought on 2 March 1872. The by-election was fought due to the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, Lord Richard Grosvenor, becoming Vice-Chamberlain of the Household. He was returned unopposed.
Results.
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! scope="col" style="width: 17em"|Candidate
! scope="col" style="width: 5em"|Votes
! scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"|%
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! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope=row | Registered electors
References.
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