 (The Elections and Qualifications Committee in its re-count of the July election, excluded 256 of the 1028 votes cast).Although voting was not compulsory and the electorate was relatively small, the 1895 by-election in Rylstone was hotly contested.1028 votes (54.6% of eligible voters) were counted in the July election and 1309 (69.55% of eligible voters) in the by-election held on Monday 14 October 1895.