Election Name: | 1837 Anglesey by-election |
Type: | By-election |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Seats For Election: | The Anglesey seat in the House of Commons. Elected by simple majority using first past the post. Triggered by resignation of incumbent |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Year: | 1835 |
Next Year: | 1837 |
Image1: | Portrait of Hon. W. O. Stanley, M.P (4673027).jpg |
Popular Vote1: | 693 |
Percentage1: | 54.2% |
Colour1: | FF7F00 |
Candidate2: | Owen John Augustus Fuller Meyrick |
Popular Vote2: | 586 |
Percentage2: | 45.8% |
Colour2: | 0087DC |
MP | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent MP |
Before Party: | Whigs (British political party) |
After Party: | Whigs (British political party) |
The 1837 Anglesey by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the House of Commons constituency of Anglesey in North Wales on 23 February 1837.
The by-election was called following the resignation of the sitting member Richard Williams-Bulkeley.[1]
The Whigs nominated solicitor William Owen Stanley who was the son of John Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley and the younger twin brother of Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley.
The Conservatives nominated Owen John Augustus Fuller Meyrick.[1]