The 1877 North Northamptonshire by-election 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]

1877 North Northamptonshire by-election (2 seats) [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

  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.


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