1897 Walthamstow by-election

1897 Walthamstow by-election

← 1895 3 February 1897 1900 →
 
Candidate Sam Woods Thomas Dewar
Party Lib-Lab Conservative
Popular vote 6,518 6,239
Percentage 51.1% 48.9%

MP before election

Edmund Byrne
Conservative

Subsequent MP

Sam Woods
Lib-Lab

Walthamstow in Essex

The 1897 Walthamstow by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in England on 3 February 1897 for the House of Commons constituency of Walthamstow. The area was then a division of Essex, and is now part of Greater London.

The election was won by the Liberal-Labour candidate, after the seat had been held by the Conservative Party for 11 years.