1877 North Northamptonshire by-election

The North Northamptonshire by-election of 1877 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.
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.