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1872 Oldham by-election

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The Oldham by-election of 1872 was fought on 5 June 1872. The byelection 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]

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