1877 Huntingdonshire by-election

The 1877 Huntingdonshire by-election was fought on 29 June 1877. The by-election was fought due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Henry Carstairs Pelly. It was won by the Conservative candidate Viscount Mandeville. ^[1]

1877 Huntingdonshire by-election (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Montagu	1,468	51.0	−21.4
	Liberal	Henry Wentworth-FitzWilliam [2]	1,410	49.0	+21.4
Majority			58	2.0	−4.7
Turnout			2,878	76.8	0.0
Registered electors			3,748
	Conservative hold		Swing	-21.4

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
2. "Huntingdonshire" . Cambridge Chronicle and Journal. 16 June 1877. p. 6. Retrieved 1 January 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.