title: 1873 East Staffordshire by-election
text: # 1873 East Staffordshire by-election
  
  The 1873 East Staffordshire by-election was fought on 6 August 1873. The byelection was fought due to the death of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, John Robinson McClean. It was won by the Conservative candidate Samuel Allsopp, who defeated the Liberal candidate, John Jaffray, by 3.630 votes to 2,893.
  
  