1880 Caernarvonshire by-election

UK parliamentary by-election in Wales November 2022 October 2022 The 1880 Caernarvonshire by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the UK House of Commons constituency of Caernarvonshire in Wales on 2 December 1880. Vacancy The by-election was caused by the resignation of the sitting Liberal MP, Watkin Williams, who was appointed as a judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice.Williams, Charles James Watkin Candidates Two candidates were nominated by the two main parties of the time. The Liberal Party nominated businessman William Rathbone. Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886 The Conservative Party nominated Welsh landowner and magistrate Hugh Ellis-Nanney.The Nanney-Ites in Carnarvonshire https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000081/18801116/028/0007 2 September 2022 Liverpool Mercury 16 November 1880 7 British Newspaper Archive subscription https://archive.org/details/constitutionaly07unkngoog archive.org The Constitutional year book Harrison and Sons 2 September 2022 203 1904 Result 1880 Caernarvonshire by-electionCarnarvonshire Election The Cornishman 125 2 December 1880 5Craig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 1977 Macmillan Press London 978-1-349-02349-3 1st hardcover 519 Liberal Party (UK) William Rathbone 3,180 59.7 -0.3 Conservative Party (UK) Hugh Ellis-Nanney 2,151 40.3 +0.3 1,029 19.4 -0.6 5,331 80.1 -2.7 6,652 Liberal Party (UK) -0.3 References Category:History of Caernarfonshire 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:December 1880 in the United Kingdom Category:Politics of Caernarfonshire