1877 Salford by-election

The 1877 Salford by-election was fought on 19 April 1877. The by-election was fought due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Charles Edward Cawley. It was won by the Conservative candidate Oliver Ormerod Walker.[1]

1877 Salford by-election (1 seat)[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver Ormerod Walker	8,642	50.8	N/A
	Liberal	Joseph Kay[3]	8,372	49.2	N/A
Majority			270	1.6	+1.0
Turnout			17,014	77.2	+5.4
Registered electors			22,041
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.0

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 Candidates for Salford". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 10 April 1877. p. 3. Retrieved 19 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.