List of United Kingdom by-elections (1900–18)
By-elections

List of United Kingdom by-elections (1900–18)

Section Title: By-elections
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30th Parliament (August 1914 – 1918)[edit]

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party	Winner	Party	Cause

Wilton	6 November 1918	Sir Charles Bathurst	Conservative	Hugh Morrison	Conservative	Elevation

Prestwich	28 October 1918	Hon. Oswald Cawley	Liberal	Austin Hopkinson	Liberal	Killed in action

South Shields	28 October 1918	Cecil Cochrane	Liberal	Havelock Wilson	Liberal	Resignation

Elgin Burghs	25 October 1918	John Sutherland	Liberal	Charles Barrie	Liberal	Death

Mid Norfolk	23 October 1918	William Lewis Boyle	Conservative	Neville Jodrell	Conservative	Death

Bath	15 October 1918	Lord Alexander Thynne	Conservative	Charles Foxcroft	Conservative	Killed in action

St George's, Hanover Square	4 October 1918	Sir George Reid	Conservative	Sir Newton Moore	Conservative	Death

Banbury	24 September 1918	Hon Sir Eustace Fiennes	Liberal	Sir Rhys Williams	Liberal	Governor of the Seychelles

Canterbury	9 August 1918	Francis Bennett-Goldney	Conservative	George Knox Anderson	Conservative	Death

East Grinstead	29 July 1918	Henry Cautley	Conservative	Henry Cautley	Conservative	Recorder of Sunderland

Fareham	18 July 1918	Sir Arthur Lee	Conservative	John Humphrey Davidson	Conservative	Elevation

Manchester North East	16 July 1918	J. R. Clynes	Labour	J. R. Clynes	Labour	Food Controller

Finsbury East	16 July 1918	Joseph Allen Baker	Liberal	Harry Cotton	Liberal	Death

Clapham	21 June 1918	Denison Faber	Conservative	Harry Greer	Conservative	Resignation

East Cavan	20 June 1918	Samuel Young	Irish Parliamentary	Arthur Griffith	Sinn Féin	Death

Bridgwater	18 June 1918	Robert Sanders	Conservative	Robert Sanders	Conservative	Treasurer of the Household

Gravesend	7 June 1918	Sir Gilbert Parker	Conservative	Alexander Richardson	Conservative	Resignation

Wansbeck	28 May 1918	Charles Fenwick	Liberal	Robert Mason	Liberal	Death

Newcastle-upon-Tyne	13 May 1918	Edward Shortt	Liberal	Edward Shortt	Liberal	Chief Secretary for Ireland

Exeter	7 May 1918	Henry Duke	Conservative	Sir Robert Newman	Conservative	Lord Justice of Appeal

Ross	4 May 1918	Percy Clive	Conservative	Charles Pulley	Conservative	Killed in action

Keighley	26 April 1918	Sir Swire Smith	Liberal	William Somervell	Liberal	Death

Birmingham West	25 April 1918	Austen Chamberlain	Conservative	Austen Chamberlain	Conservative	Minister without Portfolio

Tullamore	19 April 1918	Edward John Graham	Irish Parliamentary	Dr Patrick McCartan	Sinn Féin	Death

East Tyrone	3 April 1918	William Redmond	Irish Parliamentary	Thomas Harbison	Irish Parliamentary	Resignation in order to contest Waterford

Manchester South	22 March 1918	Philip Glazebrook	Conservative	Robert Stoker	Conservative	Killed in action

Waterford	22 March 1918	John Redmond	Irish Parliamentary	William Redmond	Irish Parliamentary	Death

South Armagh	2 February 1918	Charles O'Neill	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick Donnelly	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Prestwich	31 January 1918	Sir Frederick Cawley	Liberal	Hon. Oswald Cawley	Liberal	Elevation

Mid Armagh	23 January 1918	Sir John Lonsdale	Conservative	James Rolston Lonsdale	Conservative	Resignation

Southampton	19 December 1917	William Dudley Ward	Liberal	William Dudley Ward	Liberal	Vice-Chamberlain of the Household

Wisbech	14 December 1917	Hon. Neil Primrose	Liberal	Colin Coote	Liberal	Died of wounds

North Armagh	22 November 1917	Sir William Moore	Conservative	William Allen	Conservative	Judge of the High Court of Justice in Ireland

Salford North	2 November 1917	Sir William Byles	Conservative	Ben Tillett	Independent Labour	Death

Basingstoke	25 October 1917	Arthur Salter	Conservative	Sir Auckland Geddes	Conservative	High Court judge

Spalding	25 October 1917	Hon. Francis McLaren	Liberal	Hon. George Peel	Liberal	Killed in action

Islington East	23 October 1917	Sir George Heynes Radford	Liberal	Edward Smallwood	Liberal	Death

Dublin University	5 October 1917	Arthur Warren Samuels	Irish Unionist	Arthur Warren Samuels	Irish Unionist	Solicitor-General for Ireland

Norwich	26 August 1917	George Henry Roberts	Labour	George Henry Roberts	Labour	Minister of Labour

Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities	10 August 1917	Sir Christopher Johnston	Conservative	Sir William Cheyne	Conservative	Senator of the College of Justice

Kilkenny City	10 August 1917	Patrick O'Brien	Irish Parliamentary	W. T. Cosgrave	Sinn Féin	Death

Dundee	30 July 1917	Winston Churchill	Liberal	Winston Churchill	Liberal	Minister of Munitions

Chesterton	27 July 1917	Edwin Samuel Montagu	Liberal	Edwin Samuel Montagu	Liberal	Secretary of State for India

Cambridge	25 July 1917	Almeric Paget	Conservative	Sir Eric Geddes	Conservative	Resignation

South Monmouthshire	13 July 1917	Sir Ivor Herbert	Liberal	Sir Abraham Garrod Thomas	Liberal	Elevation

East Clare	10 July 1917	Willie Redmond	Irish Parliamentary	Éamon de Valera	Sinn Féin	Killed in action

South County Dublin	6 July 1917	William Francis Cotton	Irish Parliamentary	Michael Hearn	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Fulham	3 July 1917	William Hayes Fisher	Conservative	William Hayes Fisher	Conservative	President of the Local Government Board

Belfast South	2 July 1917	James Chambers	Conservative	William Arthur Lindsay	Conservative	Death

Liverpool Abercromby	28 June 1917	Richard Chaloner	Conservative	Lord Stanley	Conservative	Elevation

Epping	28 June 1917	Amelius Lockwood	Conservative	Richard Colvin	Conservative	Elevation

Henley	20 June 1917	Valentine Fleming	Conservative	Robert Hermon-Hodge	Conservative	Killed in action

Edinburgh South	13 May 1917	Hon. Charles Henry Lyell	Liberal	Sir Edward Parrott	Liberal	Resignation

South Longford	10 May 1917	John Phillips	Irish Parliamentary	Joseph McGuinness	Sinn Féin	Death

Ealing	30 April 1917	Herbert Nield	Conservative	Herbert Nield	Conservative	Recorder of York

Belfast South	9 April 1917	James Chambers	Irish Unionist	James Chambers	Irish Unionist	Solicitor-General for Ireland

Aberdeen South	3 April 1917	George Esslemont	Liberal	Sir John Fleming	Liberal	Resignation

Oxford	30 March 1917	Viscount Valentia	Conservative	John Marriott	Conservative	Elevation to a UK Peerage

Stockton-on-Tees	20 March 1917	Jonathan Samuel	Liberal	Bertrand Watson	Liberal	Death

Tamworth	23 February 1917	Francis Newdigate	Conservative	Henry Wilson-Fox	Conservative	Governor of Tasmania

West Perthshire	21 February 1917	John Stewart-Murray	Conservative	Archibald Stirling	Conservative	Succession

Rossendale	13 February 1917	Lewis Harcourt	Liberal	Sir John Maden	Liberal	Elevation

Rotherham	5 February 1917	Joseph Pease	Liberal	Arthur Richardson	Liberal	Elevation

Dublin University	5 February 1917	James Campbell	Irish Unionist	Arthur Warren Samuels	Irish Unionist	Lord Chief Justice of Ireland

North Roscommon	3 February 1917	James Joseph O'Kelly	Irish Parliamentary	Count George Noble Plunkett	Sinn Féin	Death

Inverness-shire	2 January 1917	Sir John Dewar	Liberal	Thomas Brash Morison	Liberal	Elevation

Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities	29 December 1916	Sir Robert Finlay	Conservative	Christopher Johnston	Conservative	Lord Chancellor

Derby	29 December 1916	Sir Thomas Roe	Liberal	Sir William Collins	Liberal	Elevation

Whitechapel	28 December 1916	Sir Stuart Samuel	Liberal	James Kiley	Liberal	Resignation

Sheffield Hallam	23 December 1916	Charles Stuart-Wortley	Conservative	H. A. L. Fisher	Liberal	Elevation

Ashton-under-Lyne	23 December 1916	Sir Max Aitken	Conservative	Sir Albert Stanley	Conservative	Elevation

Hornsey	6 December 1916	Lawrence Dundas	Conservative	Kennedy Jones	Conservative	Governor of Bengal

West Cork	15 November 1916	James Gilhooly	Irish Parliamentary	Daniel O'Leary	Irish Parliamentary	Death

North Fermanagh	27 October 1916	Godfrey Fetherstonhaugh	Irish Unionist	Edward Archdale	Irish Unionist	Resignation

Winchester	19 October 1916	Hon. Guy Baring	Conservative	Hon. Douglas Carnegie	Conservative	Killed in action

St Pancras West	16 October 1916	Felix Cassel	Conservative	Richard Barnett	Conservative	Resignation

North Ayrshire	11 October 1916	Duncan Campbell	Conservative	Aylmer Hunter-Weston	Conservative	Death

Mansfield	20 September 1916	Sir Arthur Markham	Liberal	Sir Charles Seely	Liberal	Death

Abingdon	29 August 1916	Hon. Harold Henderson	Conservative	Archie Loyd	Conservative	Resignation

Colne Valley	25 August 1916	Rev. Charles Leach	Liberal	Frederick Mallalieu	Liberal	Member certified as insane

Berwick-upon-Tweed	16 August 1916	Sir Edward Grey	Liberal	Sir Francis Blake	Liberal	Elevation

Bodmin	15 August 1916	Sir Reginald Pole-Carew	Conservative	Charles Hanson	Conservative	Resignation

Exeter	7 August 1916	Henry Duke	Conservative	Henry Duke	Conservative	Chief Secretary for Ireland

Berwickshire	18 July 1916	Harold Tennant	Liberal	Harold Tennant	Liberal	Secretary for Scotland

Widnes	22 May 1916	William Walker	Conservative	William Walker	Conservative	Seeking re-election

South Londonderry	22 May 1916	John Gordon	Irish Unionist	Denis Henry	Irish Unionist	Resignation (Justice of the High Court of Ireland)

Tewkesbury	16 May 1916	Michael Hicks Beach	Conservative	William Frederick Hicks-Beach	Conservative	Died of wounds

Ossory	28 April 1916	William Delany	Irish Parliamentary	John Lalor Fitzpatrick	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Dublin University	25 April 1916	James Campbell	Irish Unionist	James Campbell	Irish Unionist	Attorney-General for Ireland

Wimbledon	19 April 1916	Henry Chaplin	Conservative	Sir Stuart Coats	Conservative	Resignation

Hyde	30 March 1916	Francis Neilson	Liberal	Thomas Jacobsen	Liberal	Resignation

Harborough	23 March 1916	John William Logan	Liberal	Percy Harris	Liberal	Resignation

South Shields	18 March 1916	Russell Rea	Liberal	Cecil Cochrane	Liberal	Death

Hertford	9 March 1916	Sir John Rolleston	Conservative	Noel Pemberton Billing	Independent	Resignation

Cockermouth	2 March 1916	Sir Wilfrid Lawson	Liberal	Joseph Bliss	Liberal	Resignation

Droitwich	29 February 1916	Hon. John Lyttelton	Conservative	Herbert Whiteley	Conservative	Resignation

Chester	29 February 1916	Robert Yerburgh	Conservative	Sir Owen Philipps	Conservative	Resignation

Bolton	29 February 1916	Thomas Taylor	Liberal	William Edge	Liberal	Resignation

South Tyrone	28 February 1916	Andrew Horner	Irish Unionist	William Coote	Irish Unionist	Death

North Louth	24 February 1916	Augustine Roche	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick Whitty	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Liverpool East Toxteth	21 February 1916	Edward Marshall Hall	Conservative	James Stuart Rankin	Conservative	Recorder of Guildford

Rotherham	26 January 1916	Joseph Pease	Liberal	Joseph Pease	Liberal	Postmaster-General

Mile End	25 January 1916	Hon. Harry Levy-Lawson	Liberal Unionist	Warwick Brookes	Conservative	Succession

Bradford Central	21 January 1916	Sir George Scott Robertson	Liberal	James Hill	Liberal	Death

Chesterton	20 January 1916	Edwin Samuel Montagu	Liberal	Edwin Samuel Montagu	Liberal	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

North West Staffordshire	17 January 1916	Albert Stanley	Labour	Samuel Finney	Labour	Death

Portsmouth	15 January 1916	Lord Charles Beresford	Conservative	Hon. Sir Hedworth Meux	Conservative	Elevation

St George, Hanover Square	11 January 1916	Sir Alexander Henderson	Conservative	Sir George Reid	Conservative	Elevation

Newington West	10 January 1916	Cecil Norton	Liberal	James Daniel Gilbert	Liberal	Elevation

Cleveland	9 December 1915	Herbert Samuel	Liberal	Herbert Samuel	Liberal	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Tiverton	30 November 1915	Hon. William Walrond	Conservative	Charles Carew	Conservative	Died of wounds

Merthyr Tydfil	25 November 1915	Keir Hardie	Labour	Charles Stanton	Independent Labour	Death

St Austell	24 November 1915	Thomas Agar-Robartes	Liberal	Sir Francis Layland-Barratt	Liberal	Died of wounds

St Helens	24 November 1915	Rigby Swift	Conservative	Rigby Swift	Conservative	Recorder of Wigan

Kingston	16 November 1915	George Cave	Conservative	George Cave	Conservative	Solicitor General for England and Wales

Cardiff	12 November 1915	Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart	Conservative	James Cory	Conservative	Killed in action

Uxbridge	10 November 1915	Hon. Charles Thomas Mills	Conservative	Hon. Arthur Mills	Conservative	Killed in action

Heywood	10 November 1915	Harold Thomas Cawley	Liberal	Albert Illingworth	Liberal	Killed in action

Appleby	27 October 1915	Sir Lancelot Sanderson	Conservative	Cecil Lowther	Conservative	High Court judge

Dublin Harbour	1 October 1915	William Abraham	Irish Parliamentary	Alfie Byrne	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Glasgow Central	16 July 1915	Charles Dickson	Conservative	John MacLeod	Conservative	Lord Justice Clerk

Arfon	6 July 1915	William Jones	Liberal	Griffith Rees	Liberal	Death

Keighley	29 June 1915	Sir Stanley Buckmaster	Liberal	Sir Swire Smith	Liberal	Lord Chancellor

North Tipperary	17 June 1915	Dr John Joseph Esmonde	Irish Parliamentary	Sir John Esmonde	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Dublin College Green	11 June 1915	Joseph Patrick Nannetti	Irish Parliamentary	John Dillon Nugent	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Preston	9 June 1915	Alfred Tobin	Conservative	Urban H. Broughton	Conservative	County Court judge

Kilmarnock District	28 May 1915	William Glynne Gladstone	Liberal	Hon. Alexander Shaw	Liberal	Killed in action

Mid Durham	29 April 1915	John Wilson	Liberal	Samuel Galbraith	Liberal	Death

Carmarthen District	17 March 1915	W. Llewelyn Williams	Liberal	W. Llewelyn Williams	Liberal	Recorder of Cardiff

Maidstone	22 February 1915	Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart	Conservative	Carlyon Bellairs	Conservative	Succession

Mid Antrim	17 February 1915	Hon. Arthur O'Neill	Irish Unionist	Hon. Hugh O'Neill	Irish Unionist	Killed in action

Liverpool Kirkdale	15 February 1915	Gerald Kyffin-Taylor	Conservative	De Fonblanque Pennefather	Conservative	Resignation

Saffron Walden	13 February 1915	Cecil Beck	Liberal	Cecil Beck	Liberal	Commissioner of the Treasury

Chesterton	13 February 1915	Edwin Samuel Montagu	Liberal	Edwin Samuel Montagu	Liberal	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Wigtownshire	12 February 1915	John Dalrymple	Conservative	Hon. Hew Dalrymple	Conservative	Succession

Thirsk and Malton	12 February 1915	Charles Duncombe	Conservative	Edmund Turton	Conservative	Succession

Howdenshire	10 February 1915	Henry Harrison-Broadley	Conservative	Hon. Stanley Jackson	Conservative	Death

Shipley	9 February 1915	Percy Illingworth	Liberal	Oswald Partington	Liberal	Death (food poisoning)

Scarborough	9 February 1915	Walter Rea	Liberal	Walter Rea	Liberal	Commissioner of the Treasury

Swansea District	6 February 1915	David Brynmor Jones	Liberal	Thomas Jeremiah Williams	Liberal	Master in Lunacy

Norwich	6 February 1915	Sir Frederick Low	Liberal	Hilton Young	Liberal	High Court judge

Sheffield Attercliffe	28 December 1914	Joseph Pointer	Labour	William Crawford Anderson	Labour	Death

Tullamore	8 December 1914	Edmund Haviland-Burke	Irish Parliamentary	Edward John Graham	Independent Nationalist	Death

East Galway	4 December 1914	John Roche	Irish Parliamentary	James Cosgrave	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Londonderry City	30 November 1914	David Cleghorn Hogg	Liberal	Sir James Brown Dougherty	Liberal	Death

The Hartlepools	22 September 1914	Sir Stephen Furness	Liberal	Sir Walter Runciman	Liberal	Death

Bolton	22 September 1914	Alfred Gill	Labour	Robert Tootill	Labour	Death

West Wicklow	20 August 1914	Edward O'Kelly	Irish Parliamentary	John Thomas Donovan	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Swansea District	13 August 1914	Sir David Brynmor Jones	Liberal	Sir David Brynmor Jones	Liberal	Recorder of Cardiff

30th Parliament (December 1910 – July 1914)[edit]

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party	Winner	Party	Cause

North Galway	21 July 1914	Richard Hazleton	Irish Parliamentary	Richard Hazleton	Irish Parliamentary	Seeks re-election

East Worcestershire	16 July 1914	Austen Chamberlain	Conservative	Frederick Leverton Harris	Conservative	Resignation in order to fight Birmingham West

Birmingham West	14 July 1914	Joseph Chamberlain	Conservative	Austen Chamberlain	Conservative	Death

Oxford University	30 June 1914	Sir William Anson	Conservative	Rowland Prothero	Conservative	Death

Brighton	29 June 1914	Hon. John Gordon	Conservative	Charles Thomas-Stanford	Conservative	Resignation

Ipswich	23 May 1914	Silvester Horne	Liberal	John Ganzoni	Conservative	Death

North East Derbyshire	20 May 1914	W. E. Harvey	Labour	Harland Bowden	Conservative	Death

Great Grimsby	12 May 1914	Sir George Doughty	Conservative	Thomas Tickler	Conservative	Death

East Fife	8 April 1914	H. H. Asquith	Liberal	H. H. Asquith	Liberal	Secretary of State for War

Belfast East	6 April 1914	Robert McMordie	Irish Unionist	Robert Sharman-Crawford	Irish Unionist	Death

Leith Burghs	26 February 1914	Ronald Munro-Ferguson	Liberal	George Welsh Currie	Conservative	Governor General of Australia

Poplar	19 February 1914	Sydney Buxton	Liberal	Alfred William Yeo	Liberal	Governor-General of the Union of South Africa

Bethnal Green South West	19 February 1914	Charles Masterman	Liberal	Mathew Wilson	Conservative	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Cork City	18 February 1914	William O'Brien	All-for-Ireland	William O'Brien	All-for-Ireland	Resigned to re-contest

Wycombe	18 February 1914	Sir Charles Cripps	Conservative	William Baring du Pré	Conservative	Elevation

North West Durham	30 January 1914	Llewellyn Atherley-Jones	Liberal	Aneurin Williams	Liberal	Judge of the City of London Court

South Lanarkshire	12 December 1913	Sir Walter Menzies	Liberal	Hon. William Watson	Conservative	Death

Wick District	8 December 1913	Robert Munro	Liberal	Robert Munro	Liberal	Lord Advocate

Keighley	11 November 1913	Sir Stanley Buckmaster	Liberal	Sir Stanley Buckmaster	Liberal	Solicitor General for England and Wales

Reading	8 November 1913	Sir Rufus Isaacs	Liberal	Leslie Orme Wilson	Conservative	Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

Linlithgowshire	7 November 1913	Alexander Ure	Liberal	John Pratt	Liberal	Lord President of the Court of Session

North Cork	4 November 1913	Patrick Guiney	All-for-Ireland	John Guiney	All-for-Ireland	Death

Chesterfield	20 August 1913	James Haslam	Labour	Barnet Kenyon	Liberal	Death

St George's, Hanover Square	15 July 1913	Alfred Lyttelton	Conservative	Sir Alexander Henderson	Conservative	Death

Leicester	27 June 1913	Eliot Crawshay-Williams	Liberal	Gordon Hewart	Liberal	Resignation

Dover	23 June 1913	George Wyndham	Conservative	Vere Ponsonby	Conservative	Death

Wandsworth	12 June 1913	Sir Henry Kimber	Conservative	Samuel Samuel	Conservative	Resignation

Leix	9 June 1913	Patrick Aloysius Meehan	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick Joseph Meehan	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Altrincham	28 May 1913	John Kebty-Fletcher	Conservative	George Hamilton	Conservative	Resignation

Newmarket	16 May 1913	Sir Charles Rose	Liberal	John Denison-Pender	Conservative	Death

Whitechapel	30 April 1913	Sir Stuart Samuel	Liberal	Sir Stuart Samuel	Liberal	Undertook a contract for the Public Service

Shrewsbury	22 April 1913	Sir Clement Hill	Conservative	George Butler Lloyd	Conservative	Death

Kendal	18 March 1913	Sir Josceline Bagot	Conservative	John Weston	Ind. Conservative	Death

Houghton-le-Spring	18 March 1913	Robert Cameron	Liberal	Thomas Wing	Liberal	Death

Chorley	19 February 1913	David Lindsay	Conservative	Sir Henry Hibbert	Conservative	Succession

East Antrim	19 February 1913	James McCalmont	Irish Unionist	Robert McCalmont	Irish Unionist	Death

East Waterford	15 February 1913	Patrick Joseph Power	Irish Parliamentary	Martin Joseph Murphy	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Londonderry City	30 January 1913	James Hamilton	Irish Unionist	David Cleghorn Hogg	Liberal	Succession

Flint Boroughs	21 January 1913	James Summers	Liberal	Thomas Henry Parry	Liberal	Death

Bow and Bromley	26 November 1912	George Lansbury	Labour	Reginald Blair	Conservative	Resigned to recontest on platform of women's suffrage

Bolton	23 November 1912	George Harwood	Liberal	Thomas Taylor	Liberal	Death

Taunton	11 November 1912	Hon. William Peel	Conservative	Sir Gilbert Wills	Conservative	Succession

Midlothian	10 September 1912	Alexander Murray	Liberal	John Hope	Conservative	Succession

East Carmarthenshire	22 August 1912	Abel Thomas	Liberal	Rev Josiah Towyn Jones	Liberal	Death

Manchester North West	8 August 1912	Sir George Kemp	Liberal	Sir John Randles	Conservative	Resignation

Crewe	26 July 1912	Walter McLaren	Liberal	Ernest Craig	Conservative	Death

Hanley	13 July 1912	Enoch Edwards	Labour	R. L. Outhwaite	Liberal	Death

Ilkeston	1 July 1912	J. E. B. Seely	Liberal	J. E. B. Seely	Liberal	Secretary of State for War

Holmfirth	20 June 1912	Henry Wilson	Liberal	Sydney Arnold	Liberal	Resignation

Hythe	11 June 1912	Sir Edward Sassoon	Conservative	Sir Philip Sassoon	Conservative	Death

North West Norfolk	31 May 1912	Sir George White	Liberal	Edward Hemmerde	Liberal	Death

Hackney South	24 May 1912	Horatio Bottomley	Independent Liberal	Hector Morison	Liberal	Resignation

Forest of Dean	30 April 1912	Henry Webb	Liberal	Henry Webb	Liberal	Commissioner of the Treasury

Nottingham East	19 April 1912	James Morrison	Conservative	Sir John David Rees	Conservative	Resignation

Epsom	21 March 1912	William Keswick	Conservative	Henry Keswick	Conservative	Death

Leominster	18 March 1912	Sir James Rankin	Conservative	Henry FitzHerbert Wright	Conservative	Resignation

South East Essex	16 March 1912	John Kirkwood	Conservative	Hon. Rupert Guinness	Conservative	Resignation

Hereford	8 March 1912	John Arkwright	Conservative	William Hewins	Conservative	Resignation

Manchester South	5 March 1912	Sir Arthur Haworth	Liberal	Philip Glazebrook	Conservative	Commissioner of the Treasury

Glasgow St Rollox	26 February 1912	Thomas McKinnon Wood	Liberal	McKinnon Wood	Liberal	Secretary for Scotland

Edinburgh East	2 February 1912	Sir James Gibson	Liberal	James Hogge	Liberal	Death

Carmarthen District	29 January 1912	W. Llewelyn Williams	Liberal	W. Llewelyn Williams	Liberal	Recorder of Swansea

Govan	22 December 1911	William Hunter	Liberal	Daniel Holmes	Liberal	Senator of the College of Justice

North Ayrshire	20 December 1911	Andrew Anderson	Liberal	Duncan Campbell	Conservative	Solicitor General for Scotland

Hitchin	23 November 1911	Dr Alfred Hillier	Conservative	Robert Cecil	Conservative	Death

South Somerset	21 November 1911	Sir Edward Strachey	Liberal	Aubrey Herbert	Conservative	Elevation

Oldham	13 November 1911	Alfred Emmott	Liberal	Edmund Denniss	Conservative	Elevation

Bristol East	3 November 1911	Charles Hobhouse	Liberal	Charles Hobhouse	Liberal	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Keighley	27 October 1911	Sir John Brigg	Liberal	Stanley Buckmaster	Liberal	Death

North Tyrone	6 October 1911	Redmond Barry	Liberal	Thomas Russell	Liberal	Lord Chancellor of Ireland

Kilmarnock District	26 September 1911	Adam Rainy	Liberal	William Glynne Charles Gladstone	Liberal	Death

Middleton	2 August 1911	Sir William Adkins	Liberal	Sir William Adkins	Liberal	Recorder of Nottingham

Bethnal Green South West	29 July 1911	Edward Pickersgill	Liberal	Charles Masterman	Liberal	Resignation

Wellington	21 July 1911	Sir Alexander Acland Hood	Conservative	Dennis Boles	Conservative	Elevation

Luton	20 July 1911	Thomas Ashton	Liberal	Cecil Harmsworth	Liberal	Elevation

East Cork	15 July 1911	Anthony Donelan	Irish Parliamentary	John Muldoon	Irish Parliamentary	Election declared void

North East Cork	15 July 1911	Moreton Frewen	All-for-Ireland	Tim Healy	All-for-Ireland	Resignation

East Wicklow	13 July 1911	John Muldoon	Irish Parliamentary	Anthony Donelan	Irish Parliamentary	Resignation in order to contest East Cork

West Ham North	8 July 1911	Charles Masterman	Liberal	Baron Maurice de Forest	Liberal	Election declared void

St Augustine's	7 July 1911	Aretas Akers-Douglas	Conservative	Ronald McNeill	Conservative	Elevation

Glasgow Tradeston	6 July 1911	Archibald Corbett	Liberal	J. D. White	Liberal	Elevation

Kingston-upon-Hull Central	5 July 1911	Sir Henry King	Conservative	Mark Sykes	Conservative	Election declared void

Brighton	26 June 1911	Hon Walter Rice	Conservative	Hon John Gordon	Conservative	Succession

Ross and Cromarty	14 June 1911	James Galloway Weir	Liberal	Ian Macpherson	Liberal	Death

Barnstaple	6 May 1911	Ernest Soares	Liberal	Sir Godfrey Baring	Liberal	Appointed to the National Debt Office

Birmingham South	3 May 1911	Charles Howard	Conservative	Leo Amery	Conservative	Succession

East Dorset	29 April 1911	Hon Frederick Guest	Liberal	Hon Frederick Guest	Liberal	Commissioner of the Treasury

Cheltenham	28 April 1911	Richard Mathias	Liberal	James Agg-Gardner	Conservative	Election declared void

Haddingtonshire	19 April 1911	Richard Haldane	Liberal	John Deans Hope	Liberal	Elevation

Bootle	27 March 1911	Thomas Sandys	Conservative	Bonar Law	Conservative	Resignation

Brentford	23 March 1911	Lord Alwyne Compton	Conservative	William Joynson-Hicks	Conservative	Resignation

North Louth	15 March 1911	Richard Hazleton	Irish Parliamentary	Augustine Roche	Irish Parliamentary	Void Election

North East Lanarkshire	9 March 1911	Thomas Fleming Wilson	Liberal	James Duncan Millar	Liberal	Resignation

Forest of Dean	24 February 1911	Sir Charles Dilke	Liberal	Henry Webb	Liberal	Death

Westbury	22 February 1911	Sir John Fuller	Liberal	Hon Geoffrey Howard	Liberal	Resignation

Horncastle	16 February 1911	Lord Willoughby de Eresby	Conservative	William Weigall	Conservative	Succession

Cambridge University	11–16 February 1911	Samuel Butcher	Conservative	Sir Joseph Larmor	Conservative	Death

Arfon	11 February 1911	William Jones	Liberal	William Jones	Liberal	Commissioner of the Treasury

^ An uncontested by-election. ^ Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party	Winner	Party	Cause

Walthamstow	1 November 1910	John Simon	Liberal	Sir John Simon	Liberal	Solicitor General for England and Wales

South Shields	27 October 1910	Sir William Robson	Liberal	Russell Rea	Liberal	Lord of Appeal

Liverpool Kirkdale	20 July 1910	Charles McArthur	Conservative	Gerald Kyffin-Taylor	Conservative	Death

East Dorset	30 June 1910	Frederick Guest	Liberal	Henry Guest	Liberal	Election declared void

Hartlepool	20 June 1910	Sir Christopher Furness	Liberal	Stephen Furness	Liberal	Election declared void

Lewes	17 June 1910	Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher	Conservative	William Campion	Conservative	Death

Dublin Harbour	14 June 1910	Timothy Harrington	Irish Parliamentary	William Abraham	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Crewe	30 April 1910	James Tomkinson	Liberal	Walter McLaren	Liberal	Death

Edinburgh South	29 April 1910	Arthur Dewar	Liberal	Charles Henry Lyell	Liberal	Senator of the College of Justice

North Down	28 April 1910	Thomas Corbett	Conservative	William Mitchell-Thomson	Conservative	Death

Govan	28 April 1910	William Hunter	Liberal	William Hunter	Liberal	Solicitor General for Scotland

Mid Glamorganshire	31 March 1910	Sir Samuel Thomas Evans	Liberal	Frederick Gibbins	Liberal	President of the Probate and Divorce Division of the High Court of Justice

West Wicklow	29 March 1910	James O'Connor	Irish Parliamentary	Edward Peter O'Kelly	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Reading	12 March 1910	Rufus Isaacs	Liberal	Rufus Isaacs	Liberal	Solicitor General for England and Wales

Shipley	10 March 1910	Percy Illingworth	Liberal	Percy Illingworth	Liberal	Commissioner of the Treasury

Ilkeston	7 March 1910	Balthazar Foster	Liberal	J. E. B. Seely	Liberal	Resignation

North East Cork	2 March 1910	William O'Brien	All-for-Ireland	Maurice Healy	All-for-Ireland	Elected to sit for Cork City

Barnstaple	2 March 1910	Ernest Soares	Liberal	Ernest Soares	Liberal	Commissioner of the Treasury

Rotherham	1 March 1910	Sir William Holland	Liberal	Jack Pease	Liberal	Resignation

Tower Hamlets St George	1 March 1910	William Wedgwood Benn	Liberal	William Wedgwood Benn	Liberal	Commissioner of the Treasury

Swansea District	28 February 1910	Sir David Brynmor Jones	Liberal	Sir David Brynmor Jones	Liberal	Recorder of Merthyr Tydvil

^ Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted. ^ An uncontested by-election. 28th Parliament (1906 – January 1910)[edit]

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party	Winner	Party	Cause

South Armagh	5 November 1909	William McKillop	Irish Parliamentary	Charles O'Neill	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Bermondsey	28 October 1909	George Cooper	Liberal	John Dumphreys	Conservative	Death

West Clare	3 September 1909	James Halpin	Irish Parliamentary	Arthur Lynch	Irish Parliamentary	Death

South Kilkenny	10 August 1909	Nicholas Joseph Murphy	Irish Parliamentary	Matthew Keating	Irish Parliamentary	Declared bankrupt

North Sligo	5 August 1909	P. A. McHugh	Irish Parliamentary	Thomas Scanlan	Irish Parliamentary	Death

High Peak	22 July 1909	Oswald Partington	Liberal	Oswald Partington	Liberal	Appointed Junior Lord of the Treasury

Dumfries Burghs	20 July 1909	John Gulland	Liberal	John Gulland	Liberal	Appointed Junior Lord of the Treasury

Mid Derbyshire	15 July 1909	James Alfred Jacoby	Liberal	John Hancock	Liberal	Death

Cleveland	9 July 1909	Herbert Samuel	Liberal	Herbert Samuel	Liberal	Appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

East Limerick	10 June 1909	William Lundon	Irish Parliamentary	Thomas Lundon	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Edinburgh West	17 May 1909	Lewis McIver	Liberal Unionist	James Avon Clyde	Liberal Unionist	Resignation

Stratford-on-Avon	4 May 1909	Thomas Kincaid-Smith	Liberal	Philip Staveley Foster	Conservative	Resigned to restand following his resignation from the Liberal Party

Sheffield Attercliffe	4 May 1909	J. Batty Langley	Liberal	Joseph Pointer	Labour	Resignation

Cork City	1 May 1909	William O'Brien	Irish Parliamentary	Maurice Healy	All-for-Ireland	Resignation

Edinburgh East	16 April 1909	George McCrae	Liberal	James Gibson	Liberal	Resignation

East Denbighshire	2 April 1909	Edward Hemmerde	Liberal	Edward Hemmerde	Liberal	Recorder of Liverpool

Croydon	29 March 1909	H. O. Arnold-Forster	Liberal Unionist	Robert Hermon-Hodge	Conservative	Death

Hawick Burghs	5 March 1909	Thomas Shaw	Liberal	John Barran	Liberal	Resignation (appointed Lord of Appeal in Ordinary)

Edinburgh South	4 March 1909	Arthur Dewar	Liberal	Arthur Dewar	Liberal	Appointed Solicitor General for Scotland

Glasgow Central	2 March 1909	Andrew Mitchell Torrance	Liberal	Charles Dickson	Conservative	Death

Forfarshire	27 February 1909	John Sinclair	Liberal	James Falconer	Liberal	Elevation to the peerage

Taunton	23 February 1909	Edward Boyle	Conservative	William Peel	Conservative	Resignation

Tamworth	16 January 1909	Sir Philip Muntz	Conservative	Francis Newdegate	Conservative	Death

Chelmsford	1 December 1908	Carne Rasch	Conservative	E. G. Pretyman	Conservative	Resignation

Newcastle-upon-Tyne	25 September 1908	Thomas Cairns	Liberal	George Renwick	Conservative	Death

Haggerston	1 August 1908	Randal Cremer	Lib-Lab	Rupert Guinness	Conservative	Death

Pembrokeshire	16 July 1908	John Philipps	Liberal	Walter Roch	Liberal	Elevation to the peerage

Pudsey	20 June 1908	George Whiteley	Liberal	John James Oddy	Conservative	Resignation

Stirling Burghs	22 May 1908	Henry Campbell-Bannerman	Liberal	Arthur Ponsonby	Liberal	Death

Newport (Shropshire)	14 May 1908	William Kenyon-Slaney	Conservative	Beville Stanier	Conservative	Death

Montrose Burghs	12 May 1908	John Morley	Liberal	Robert Harcourt	Liberal	Elevation to the peerage

Dundee	9 May 1908	Edmund Robertson	Liberal	Winston Churchill	Liberal	Elevation to the peerage

Wolverhampton East	5 May 1908	Henry Fowler	Liberal	George Rennie Thorne	Liberal	Elevation to the peerage

Kincardineshire	25 April 1908	John William Crombie	Liberal	Arthur Murray	Liberal	Death

Manchester North West	24 April 1908	Winston Churchill	Liberal	William Joynson-Hicks	Conservative	Appointed President of the Board of Trade

Dewsbury	23 April 1908	Walter Runciman	Liberal	Walter Runciman	Liberal	Appointed President of the Board of Education

Sheffield Central	21 April 1908	Howard Vincent	Conservative	James Hope	Conservative	Death

West Derbyshire	15 April 1908	Victor Cavendish	Liberal Unionist	Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice	Liberal Unionist	Succession to the peerage

Peckham	24 March 1908	Charles Clarke	Liberal	Harry Gooch	Conservative	Death

West Down	20 March 1908	Arthur Hill	Irish Unionist	William MacCaw	Irish Unionist	Resignation

Hastings	3 March 1908	Harvey du Cros	Conservative	Arthur du Cros	Conservative	Resignation

Bewdley	29 February 1908	Alfred Baldwin	Conservative	Stanley Baldwin	Conservative	Death

West Carmarthenshire	26 February 1908	John Lloyd Morgan	Liberal	John Lloyd Morgan	Liberal	Recorder of Swansea

North Leitrim	21 February 1908	Charles Dolan	Irish Parliamentary	Francis Meehan	Irish Parliamentary	Resignation

Leeds South	13 February 1908	John Lawson Walton	Liberal	William Middlebrook	Liberal	Death

Mid Glamorganshire	7 February 1908	Samuel Thomas Evans	Liberal	Samuel Thomas Evans	Liberal	Solicitor-General for England and Wales

Worcester	7 February 1908	George Henry Williamson	Conservative	Edward Goulding	Conservative	Void election

St Austell	5 February 1908	William Alexander McArthur	Liberal	Thomas Agar-Robartes	Liberal	Resignation

County Carlow	3 February 1908	John Hammond	Irish Parliamentary	Walter Kavanagh	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Ross	31 January 1908	Alan Coulstoun Gardner	Liberal	Percy Clive	Conservative	Death

Ashburton	17 January 1908	Harry Trelawney Eve	Liberal	Ernest Morrison-Bell	Liberal Unionist	Appointment as a judge

Hull West	29 November 1907	Charles Wilson	Liberal	Guy Greville Wilson	Liberal	Succession to peerage

Liverpool Kirkdale	27 September 1907	David MacIver	Conservative	Charles McArthur	Conservative	Death

South Longford	6 September 1907	Edward Blake	Irish Parliamentary	John Phillips	Irish Parliamentary	Resignation

West Down	6 September 1907	Harry Liddell	Irish Unionist	Arthur Hill	Irish Unionist	Resignation

Bury St Edmunds	24 August 1907	Frederick Hervey	Conservative	Walter Guinness	Conservative	Succession to the peerage

Anglesey	21 August 1907	Ellis Griffith	Liberal	Ellis Griffith	Liberal	Recorder of Birkenhead

North West Staffordshire	31 July 1907	Alfred Billson	Liberal	Albert Stanley	Lib-Lab	Death

East Wicklow	29 July 1907	Denis Joseph Cogan	Irish Parliamentary	John Muldoon	Irish Parliamentary	Resignation

South Kilkenny	29 July 1907	James O'Mara	Irish Parliamentary	Nicholas Joseph Murphy	Irish Parliamentary	Resignation

Colne Valley	18 July 1907	James Kitson	Liberal	Victor Grayson	Independent Labour	Elevation to the peerage

Jarrow	4 July 1907	Charles Palmer	Liberal	Pete Curran	Labour	Death

North Monaghan	20 June 1907	Patrick O'Hare	Irish Parliamentary	James Carrige Rushe Lardner	Irish Parliamentary	Resignation

Rutlandshire	11 June 1907	George Finch	Conservative	John Gretton	Conservative	Death

Hornsey	5 June 1907	Charles Balfour	Conservative	Lawrence Dundas	Conservative	Resignation

Wimbledon	14 May 1907	Eric Hambro	Conservative	Henry Chaplin	Conservative	Resignation

Stepney	10 May 1907	William Evans-Gordon	Conservative	Frederick Leverton Harris	Conservative	Resignation

North Belfast	17 April 1907	Daniel Dixon	Irish Unionist	George Clark	Irish Unionist	Death

South Westmeath	13 April 1907	Donal Sullivan	Irish Parliamentary	Walter Nugent	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Hexham	27 March 1907	Wentworth Beaumont	Liberal	Richard Durning Holt	Liberal	Succession to the peerage

North Tyrone	8 March 1907	William Huston Dodd	Liberal	Redmond Barry	Liberal	Appointed as a Judge

Halifax	6 March 1907	John Henry Whitley	Liberal	John Henry Whitley	Liberal	Appointed Junior Lord of the Treasury

Brigg	26 February 1907	Harold Reckitt	Liberal	Berkeley Sheffield	Conservative	Resignation

Aberdeen South	20 February 1907	James Bryce	Liberal	George Esslemont	Liberal	Appointed British Ambassador to the United States

North Monmouthshire	19 February 1907	Reginald McKenna	Liberal	Reginald McKenna	Liberal	Appointed President of the Board of Education

Banffshire	16 February 1907	Alexander William Black	Liberal	Walter Waring	Liberal	Death

Perth	12 February 1907	Robert Wallace	Liberal	Robert Pullar	Liberal	Resignation

North East Derbyshire	30 January 1907	Thomas Bolton	Liberal	W. E. Harvey	Lib-Lab	Death

Mid Cork	31 December 1906	D. D. Sheehan	Irish Parliamentary	D. D. Sheehan	Independent Labour	Resigned following expulsion from Nationalist group

Huddersfield	28 November 1906	James Woodhouse	Liberal	Arthur Sherwell	Liberal	Appointed Rail and Canal Traffic Commissioner

North Armagh	16 November 1906	Edward James Saunderson	Irish Unionist	William Moore	Irish Unionist	Death

Galway Borough	3 November 1906	Charles Ramsay Devlin	Irish Parliamentary	Stephen Gwynn	Irish Parliamentary	Resignation

Mid Glamorganshire	8 October 1906	Samuel Thomas Evans	Liberal	Samuel Thomas Evans	Liberal	Recorder of Swansea

East Denbighshire	14 August 1906	Samuel Moss	Liberal	Edward Hemmerde	Liberal	Resignation

Cockermouth	3 August 1906	Sir Wilfrid Lawson	Liberal	Sir John Scurrah Randles	Conservative	Death

East Tyrone	5 July 1906	Patrick Doogan	Irish Parliamentary	Thomas Kettle	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Bodmin	24 July 1906	Hon Thomas Agar-Robartes	Liberal	Freeman Freeman-Thomas	Liberal	Unseated on petition

St George's, Hanover Square	15 June 1906	Heneage Legge	Conservative	Alfred Lyttelton	Liberal Unionist	Resignation

City of London	15 June 1906	Sir Edward Clarke	Conservative	Frederick Banbury	Conservative	Resignation

Eifion	5 June 1906	John Bryn Roberts	Liberal	Ellis William Davies	Liberal	Resignation

Dulwich	15 May 1906	Frederick Rutherfoord Harris	Conservative	Bonar Law	Conservative	Went abroad

Eye	6 April 1906	Francis Seymour Stevenson	Liberal	Harold Pearson	Liberal	Resignation

Leicester	30 March 1906	Henry Broadhurst	Liberal	Franklin Thomasson	Liberal	Resignation

Basingstoke	12 March 1906	Arthur Frederick Jeffreys	Conservative	Arthur Salter	Conservative	Death

North Kilkenny	3 March 1906	Joseph Devlin	Irish Parliamentary	Michael Meagher	Irish Parliamentary	Double election, chose to sit for Belfast West

North Leitrim	28 February 1906	P. A. McHugh	Irish Parliamentary	Charles Dolan	Irish Parliamentary	Double election, chose to sit for North Sligo

North Galway	28 February 1906	Thomas Higgins	Irish Parliamentary	Richard Hazleton	Irish Parliamentary	Death

East Aberdeenshire	28 February 1906	James Annand	Liberal	James Murray	Liberal	Death

City of London	27 February 1906	Alban Gibbs	Conservative	Arthur Balfour	Conservative	Retired in favour of Balfour

Westbury	26 February 1906	John Fuller	Liberal	John Fuller	Liberal	Appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury

^ An uncontested by-election. ^ Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted. 27th Parliament (1900–1906)[edit]

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party	Winner	Party	Cause

New Forest	6 December 1905	John Douglas-Scott-Montagu	Conservative	Henry Francis Compton	Conservative	Succession to peerage

Normanton	27 November 1905	William Parrott	Lib-Lab	Frederick Hall	Lib-Lab	Death

Hampstead	26 October 1905	Thomas Milvain	Conservative	John Fletcher	Conservative	Judge Advocate General

Barkston Ash	13 October 1905	Sir Robert Gunter	Conservative	Joseph Andrews	Liberal	Death

Belfast North	14 September 1905	Sir James Horner Haslett	Irish Unionist	Sir Daniel Dixon	Irish Unionist	Death

Elgin Burghs	8 September 1905	Alexander Asher	Liberal	John Sutherland	Liberal	Death

Carlisle	14 July 1905	William Gully	Liberal	Frederick Chance	Liberal	Elevation to the peerage

West Down	10 July 1905	Arthur Hill	Irish Unionist	Harry Liddell	Liberal Unionist	Resignation

Kingswinford	3 July 1905	William George Webb	Conservative	Henry Staveley-Hill	Conservative	Death

Finsbury East	29 June 1905	Henry Charles Richards	Conservative	Joseph Allen Baker	Liberal	Death

North Donegal	15 June 1905	William O'Doherty	Irish Parliamentary	John Muldoon	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Cork City	14 June 1905	J. F. X. O'Brien	Irish Parliamentary	Augustine Roche	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Chichester	2 June 1905	Lord Edmund Talbot	Conservative	Lord Edmund Talbot	Conservative	Lord Commissioner of the Treasury

Whitby	1 June 1905	Ernest Beckett	Conservative	Noel Buxton	Liberal	Succession to peerage

Brighton	5 April 1905	Gerald Loder	Conservative	Ernest Villiers	Liberal	Lord Commissioner of the Treasury

Bute	3 March 1905	Andrew Murray	Conservative	Norman Lamont	Liberal	Resignation

Appleby	2 March 1905	Richard Rigg	Liberal	Leifchild Jones	Liberal	Resignation

Liverpool Everton	22 February 1905	John A. Willox	Conservative	John Harmood-Banner	Conservative	Resignation

North Kildare	14 February 1905	Edmund Leamy	Irish Parliamentary	John O'Connor	Irish Parliamentary	Death

North Dorset	26 January 1905	John Wingfield-Digby	Conservative	Arthur Walters Wills	Liberal	Death

Mile End	12 January 1905	Spencer Charrington	Conservative	Harry Levy-Lawson	Liberal Unionist	Death

Stalybridge	7 January 1905	Matthew White Ridley	Conservative	John Frederick Cheetham	Liberal	Succession to peerage

Horsham	11 November 1904	John Heywood Johnstone	Conservative	Edward Turnour	Conservative	Death

West Monmouthshire	3 November 1904	Sir William Harcourt	Liberal	Thomas Richards	Lib-Lab	Death

Isle of Thanet	7 October 1904	James Lowther	Conservative	Harry Marks	Conservative	Death

Cork City	19 August 1904	William O'Brien	Irish Parliamentary	William O'Brien	Irish Parliamentary	Resignation

North East Lanarkshire	10 August 1904	William Henry Rattigan	Liberal Unionist	Alexander Findlay	Liberal	Death

Reading	6 August 1904	George William Palmer	Liberal	Rufus Isaacs	Liberal	Resignation

Oswestry	26 July 1904	George Ormsby-Gore	Conservative	Allan Heywood Bright	Liberal	Succession to peerage

Chertsey	6 July 1904	John Arthur Fyler	Conservative	Lord Bingham	Conservative	Resignation

Sowerby	2 July 1904	John William Mellor	Liberal	John Sharp Higham	Liberal	Resignation

Devonport	20 June 1904	John Lockie	Conservative	John Benn	Liberal	Resignation

Harborough	17 June 1904	John William Logan	Liberal	Philip Stanhope	Liberal	Resignation

West Cavan	11 June 1904	Thomas McGovern	Irish Parliamentary	Vincent Kennedy	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Isle of Wight	6 April 1904	J. E. B. Seely	Conservative	J. E. B. Seely	Ind. Conservative	Resignation on leaving party

Dublin St Stephen's Green	21 March 1904	James McCann	Irish Parliamentary	Laurence Ambrose Waldron	Irish Parliamentary	Death

East Dorset	16 March 1904	Humphrey Sturt	Conservative	Charles Henry Lyell	Liberal	Succession to peerage

Rossendale	15 March 1904	Sir William Mather	Liberal	Lewis Harcourt	Liberal	Resignation

Normanton	1 March 1904	Benjamin Pickard	Lib-Lab	William Parrott	Lib-Lab	Death

Birmingham South	26 February 1904	Joseph Powell Williams	Liberal Unionist	Charles Howard	Liberal Unionist	Death

St Albans	12 February 1904	Vicary Gibbs	Conservative	John Bamford Slack	Liberal	Disqualification for undertaking an Admiralty contract

City of London	9 February 1904	Alban Gibbs	Conservative	Alban Gibbs	Conservative	Disqualification for undertaking an Admiralty contract

Ayr Burghs	30 January 1904	Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing	Conservative	Joseph Dobbie	Liberal	Death

Gateshead	20 January 1904	William Allan	Liberal	John Johnson	Lib-Lab	Death

Norwich	15 January 1904	Harry Bullard	Conservative	Louis Tillett	Liberal	Death

Ashburton	7 January 1904	Charles Seale-Hayne	Liberal	Harry Trelawney Eve	Liberal	Death

Ludlow	22 December 1903	Robert Jasper More	Liberal Unionist	Rowland Hunt	Liberal Unionist	Death

Lewisham	15 December 1903	John Penn	Conservative	Major Edward Coates	Conservative	Death

Dulwich	15 December 1903	Sir John Blundell Maple	Conservative	Frederick Rutherfoord Harris	Conservative	Death

Chorley	4 November 1903	Lord Balcarres	Conservative	Lord Balcarres	Conservative	Lord Commissioner of the Treasury

Fareham	28 October 1903	Arthur Lee	Conservative	Arthur Lee	Conservative	Civil Lord of the Admiralty

Westhoughton	24 October 1903	Lord Stanley	Conservative	Lord Stanley	Conservative	Postmaster General

Warwick and Leamington	23 October 1903	Alfred Lyttelton	Liberal Unionist	Alfred Lyttelton	Liberal Unionist	Secretary of State for the Colonies

Belfast West	23 October 1903	H. O. Arnold-Forster	Liberal Unionist	H. O. Arnold-Forster	Liberal Unionist	Secretary of State for War

South Meath	9 October 1903	James Laurence Carew	Independent Nationalist	David Sheehy	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Londonderry	8 October 1903	James Hamilton	Irish Unionist	James Hamilton	Irish Unionist	Treasurer of the Household

North Leitrim	3 October 1903	P. A. McHugh	Irish Parliamentary	P. A. McHugh	Irish Parliamentary	Bankruptcy

Rochester	22 September 1903	James Gascoyne-Cecil	Conservative	Charles Tuff	Conservative	Succession to peerage

St Andrews Burghs	17 September 1903	Henry Torrens Anstruther	Liberal Unionist	Edward Charles Ellice	Liberal	Resignation

Argyllshire	26 August 1903	Donald Ninian Nicol	Conservative	John Ainsworth	Liberal	Death

Barnard Castle	24 July 1903	Joseph Pease	Liberal	Arthur Henderson	Labour	Death

South Kildare	23 May 1903	Matthew Minch	Irish Parliamentary	Denis Kilbride	Irish Parliamentary	Resignation

Preston	14 May 1903	Robert William Hanbury	Conservative	John Kerr	Conservative	Death

Camborne	8 April 1903	William Sproston Caine	Liberal	Wilfrid Lawson	Liberal	Death

Chertsey	26 March 1903	Henry Leigh-Bennett	Conservative	John Arthur Fyler	Conservative	Death

North Fermanagh	20 March 1903	Edward Archdale	Irish Unionist	Edward Mitchell	Independent Unionist	Resignation

Rye	17 March 1903	Arthur Montagu Brookfield	Conservative	Charles Frederick Hutchinson	Liberal	Resignation

Woolwich	11 March 1903	Lord Charles Beresford	Conservative	Will Crooks	Labour	Resignation

Galway Borough	9 March 1903	Arthur Lynch	Irish Parliamentary	Charles Ramsay Devlin	Irish Parliamentary	Disqualification on conviction for high treason

Dublin University	5 March 1903	William Edward Hartpole Lecky	Liberal Unionist	James Campbell	Irish Unionist	Resignation

East Perthshire	26 February 1903	John Kinloch	Liberal	Thomas Buchanan	Liberal	Resignation

South Antrim	5 February 1903	William Ellison-Macartney	Irish Unionist	Charles Craig	Irish Unionist	Resignation

Liverpool West Derby	20 January 1903	Samuel Higginbottom	Conservative	William Rutherford	Conservative	Death

Newmarket	2 January 1903	Harry McCalmont	Conservative	Charles Day Rose	Liberal	Death

Orkney and Shetland	18–19 November 1902	Cathcart Wason	Liberal Unionist	Cathcart Wason	Independent Liberal	Resignation on leaving party

Liverpool East Toxteth	6 November 1902	Augustus Frederick Warr	Conservative	Austin Taylor	Conservative	Resignation

Cleveland	5 November 1902	Alfred Pease	Liberal	Herbert Samuel	Liberal	Resignation

Devonport	22 October 1902	E. J. C. Morton	Liberal	John Lockie	Conservative	Death

Sevenoaks	21 August 1902	Henry Forster	Conservative	Henry Forster	Conservative	Lord Commissioner of the Treasury

Belfast South	18 August 1902	William Johnston	Irish Unionist	Thomas Sloan	Independent Unionist	Death

East Worcestershire	15 August 1902	Austen Chamberlain	Liberal Unionist	Austen Chamberlain	Liberal Unionist	Postmaster General

Tiverton	14 August 1902	William Walrond	Conservative	William Walrond	Conservative	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Clitheroe	1 August 1902	Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth	Liberal	David Shackleton	Labour	Elevation to the peerage

Leeds North	29 July 1902	William Jackson	Conservative	Rowland Barran	Liberal	Elevation to the peerage

Bury	10 May 1902	James Kenyon	Conservative	George Toulmin	Liberal	Resignation

Woolwich	25 April 1902	Edwin Hughes	Conservative	Lord Charles Beresford	Conservative	Resignation

West Donegal	25 April 1902	James Boyle	Irish Parliamentary	Hugh Law	Irish Parliamentary	Resignation

Wakefield	25 March 1902	William Wentworth-FitzWilliam	Conservative	Edward Brotherton	Conservative	Succession to peerage

South Monaghan	4 March 1902	James Daly	Irish Parliamentary	John McKean	Irish Parliamentary	Resignation

North Kilkenny	26 February 1902	Patrick McDermott	Irish Parliamentary	Joseph Devlin	Irish Parliamentary	Resignation

South Down	19 February 1902	Michael McCartan	Irish Parliamentary	Jeremiah McVeagh	Irish Parliamentary	Resignation

East Down	5 February 1902	James Alexander Rentoul	Irish Unionist	James Wood	Independent Unionist	Assistant Judge, City of London Court

Sheffield Ecclesall	3 February 1902	Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett	Conservative	Samuel Roberts	Conservative	Death

Dewsbury	28 January 1902	Mark Oldroyd	Liberal	Walter Runciman	Liberal	Resignation

Hampstead	24 January 1902	Edward Brodie Hoare	Conservative	Thomas Milvain	Conservative	Resignation

Galway Borough	21 November 1901	Martin Morris	Irish Unionist	Arthur Lynch	Irish Parliamentary	Succession to peerage

North East Lanarkshire	26 September 1901	John Colville	Liberal	William Henry Rattigan	Liberal Unionist	Death

Andover	26 August 1901	William Wither Beach	Conservative	Edmund Faber	Conservative	Death

Wokingham	12 July 1901	Oliver Young	Conservative	Ernest Gardner	Conservative	Resignation

Stratford-on-Avon	25 June 1901	Victor Milward	Conservative	Philip Staveley Foster	Conservative	Death

Saffron Walden	31 May 1901	Hon. Armine Wodehouse	Liberal	Jack Pease	Liberal	Death

Oswestry	24 May 1901	Stanley Leighton	Conservative	George Ormsby-Gore	Conservative	Death

Mid Cork	17 May 1901	Charles Tanner	Irish Parliamentary	D. D. Sheehan	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Monmouth	7 May 1901	Frederick Rutherfoord Harris	Conservative	Joseph Lawrence	Conservative	Unseated on petition

Maidstone	1 March 1901	John Barker	Liberal	Sir Francis Evans	Liberal	Void election

Stretford	26 February 1901	Sir John Maclure	Conservative	Charles Cripps	Conservative	Death

North Monaghan	21 December 1900	Daniel MacAleese	Irish Parliamentary	Edward Charles Thompson	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Blackpool	21 December 1900	Sir Matthew White Ridley	Conservative	Henry Worsley-Taylor	Conservative	Elevation to the peerage

West Derbyshire	11 December 1900	Victor Cavendish	Liberal Unionist	Victor Cavendish	Liberal Unionist	Treasurer of the Household

Woodbridge	10 December 1900	E. G. Pretyman	Conservative	E. G. Pretyman	Conservative	Civil Lord of the Admiralty

Wellington (Somerset)	10 December 1900	Alexander Acland-Hood	Conservative	Alexander Acland-Hood	Conservative	Vice-Chamberlain of the Household

Guildford	10 December 1900	St John Broderick	Conservative	St John Broderick	Conservative	Secretary of State for War

Preston	8 December 1900	Robert William Hanbury	Conservative	Robert William Hanbury	Conservative	President of the Board of Agriculture

Dover	8 December 1900	George Wyndham	Conservative	George Wyndham	Conservative	Chief Secretary for Ireland

^ An uncontested by-election. ^ Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.

Sentence(s)

Jeremiah McVeagh was elected as the Irish Parliamentary Party MP for the South Down constituency at the 19 February 1902 by-election.

final_sentence: Jeremiah McVeagh was elected as the Irish Parliamentary Party MP for the South Down constituency at the 19 February 1902 by-election.