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1886 Blackpool by-election
The
1886
Blackpool
by-election
was held on
20 August
1886 after the
incumbent
Conservative MP
Frederick Stanley
was
elevated
to the
House of Lords
and thus had to
resign
his
seat
in the
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
. The seat was won by the
Conservative
candidate
Sir Matthew Ridley
.