1877 North Northamptonshire by-election

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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brownlow Cecil	2,261	60.5	N/A
	Liberal	Edmund Wyatt-Edgell[3]	1,475	39.5	New
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.
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.