1877 North Northamptonshire by-election

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The 1877 North Northamptonshire by-election was fought on 13 August 1877. The by-election was fought due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, George Ward Hunt. It was won by the Conservative candidate Brownlow Cecil. [1]

1877 North Northamptonshire by-election (1 seat) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brownlow Cecil 2,261 60.5 N/A
Liberal Edmund Wyatt-Edgell [3] 1,47539.5New
Majority78621.0N/A
Turnout 3,73674.2N/A
Registered electors 5,033
Conservative hold

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References

  1. "Leigh Rayment - Commons". leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
  3. "The Late Captain Wyatt-Edgell" . Aldershot Military Gazette. 2 August 1879. p. 3. Retrieved 13 January 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.