Edward Wells (1821 – 9 February 1910)[1][2] was an English businessman and Conservative Party politician from Wallingford, which was then in Berkshire.
[7] A Mr Moffat had been canvassing, with the intention of contesting the seat for the Liberal Party, but had withdrawn and left the town.
[7] In his acceptance speech he opposed secular education, supported a reduction in income tax, and denounced the Ballot Bill as "positively un-English".
[7] He was re-elected in 1874,[9] but at the general election in 1880 he was defeated by the Liberal candidate Walter Wren, by a margin of 581 votes to 542.
[14][15] In 1909, Wells was re-elected as a churchwarden of St Mary's Church in Wallingford, for his 67th year in the post.