1880 Radnor Boroughs by-election

UK parliamentary by-election in Wales December 2020 November 2021 The 1880 Radnor Boroughs by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the UK House of Commons constituency of Radnor Boroughs in Wales on 17 May 1880. Vacancy The by-election was caused by the resignation of the sitting Liberal MP, Spencer Cavendish who was also elected MP for North East Lancashire and opted to sit there, causing a by-election. Candidates Two candidates were nominated. The Liberal Party nominated former Acting Governor of Grenada Samuel Williams. The Conservative Party nominated a soldier, Cecil Alfred Tufton Otway.Captain Cecil Afred Tufton Otway https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000264/18840822/044/0006 Western Daily Press 22 August 1884 6 British Newspaper Archive subscription Result 1880 Radnor Boroughs by-electionCraig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 1977 Macmillan Press London 978-1-349-02349-3 1st hardcover 513 Liberal Party (UK) Samuel Williams 458 54.0 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Cecil Alfred Tufton Otway 390 46.0 N/A 68 8.0 N/A 848 89.7 N/A 945 Liberal Party (UK) References Category:1880 elections in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Welsh constituencies Category:1880 in Wales Category:1880s elections in Wales Category:May 1880 in the United Kingdom