1877 North Northamptonshire by-election
The North Northamptonshire by-election of 1877 was fought on 13 August 1877. The byelection was fought due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, George Ward Hunt. It was won by the Conservative candidate Brownlow Cecil.[1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brownlow Cecil | 2,261 | 60.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edmund Wyatt-Edgell[3] | 1,475 | 39.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 786 | 21.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,736 | 74.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,033 | ||||
Conservative hold |
References[]
- ^ "Leigh Rayment - Commons". leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
- ^ "The Late Captain Wyatt-Edgell". Aldershot Military Gazette. 2 August 1879. p. 3. Retrieved 13 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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- 1877 elections in the United Kingdom
- 1877 in England
- 19th century in Northamptonshire
- By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Northamptonshire constituencies
- By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in English constituency stubs