Parliament
Roby was an active member of the Liberal Party, serving variously as chairmen of the Manchester Liberal Executive, the Executive for the North-West Manchester Liberal Association and of the Manchester Liberal Union, and as president of the Eccles Liberal Association.
In 1890 the member of parliament for the Eccles division of Lancashire died, and Roby was chosen to contest the seat at the ensuing byelection. He won the seat from the Conservatives, holding it at the subsequent general election of 1892. He was a Deputy Chairman of Committees of the House of Commons.
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