:1837 Anglesey by-election
{{Short description|UK parliamentary by-election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox election
| 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_election = 1835 United Kingdom general election
| previous_year = 1835
| next_election = 1837 United Kingdom general election
| next_year = 1837
| election_date = {{Start date|1837|02|23|df= y}}
| candidate1 = William Owen Stanley
| image1 = Portrait of Hon. W. O. Stanley, M.P (4673027).jpg
| party1 = Whig
| popular_vote1 = 693
| percentage1 = 54.2%
| colour1 = FF7F00
| candidate2 = Owen John Augustus Fuller Meyrick
| image2 = {{eppt|Conservative Party (UK)}}
| party2 = Conservative
| popular_vote2 = 586
| percentage2 = 45.8%
| colour2 = 0087DC
| title = MP
| posttitle = Subsequent MP
| before_election = Richard Williams-Bulkeley
| before_party = Whigs (British political party)
| after_election = William Owen Stanley
| after_party = Whigs (British political party)
}}
The 1837 Anglesey by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the UK House of Commons constituency of Anglesey in North Wales on 23 February 1837.
Vacancy
The by-election was called following the resignation of the sitting member Richard Williams-Bulkeley.{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book}}
Candidates
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.
Result
{{Election box begin |title=1837 Anglesey by-election{{cite book |last1=Stooks Smith |first1=Henry |title=The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive |date=1845 |publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. |location=London |pages=175–176| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HacQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA175 }}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = William Owen Stanley
|votes = 693
|percentage = 54.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Owen John Augustus Fuller Meyrick{{cite news |title=State of the Poll|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000094/18370228/006/0003|accessdate=5 May 2020|work=North Wales Chronicle |date=28 February 1837|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}
|votes = 586
|percentage = 45.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 107
|percentage = 8.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,279
|percentage = 88.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,450
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
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