The 1878 West Kent by-election was fought on 15 May 1878.
The by-election was fought due to the resignation in order to contest Oxford University of the incumbent Conservative MP, John Gilbert Talbot.
It was won by the unopposed[1] Conservative candidate Viscount Lewisham.
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