List of United Kingdom by-elections (1885–1900)
By-elections

List of United Kingdom by-elections (1885–1900)

Section Title: By-elections
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26th Parliament (1895–1900)[edit]

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party	Winner	Party	Cause

Wilton	17 July 19001	Viscount Folkestone	Conservative	James Archibald Morrison	Conservative	Succession to the peerage

Manchester South	29 May 1900	Marquis of Lorne	Liberal Unionist	William Wellesley Peel	Liberal Unionist	Succession to the peerage

Isle of Wight	23 May 1900	Sir Richard Webster	Conservative	John Seely	Conservative	Resignation

Dublin University	16 May 19001	Edward Carson	Irish Unionist	Edward Carson	Irish Unionist	Solicitor General2

Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities	3 May 19001	Sir William Overend Priestley	Conservative	Sir John Batty Tuke	Conservative	Death

Portsmouth	3 May 1900	Walter Owen Clough	Liberal	Thomas Arthur Bramsdon	Liberal	Resignation

Holborn	23 March 19001	Sir Charles Hall	Conservative	James Remnant	Conservative	Death

Brixton	20 March 19001	Evelyn Hubbard	Conservative	Sir Robert Mowbray	Conservative	Resignation

North Sligo	7 March 19001	Bernard Collery	Irish National Federation	John O'Dowd	Irish Parliamentary	Resignation

South Mayo	27 February 1900	Michael Davitt	Irish National Federation	John O'Donnell	Irish Parliamentary	Resignation

Newark	16 February 1900	Viscount Newark	Conservative	Sir Charles Welby, Bt	Conservative	Succession to the peerage

Plymouth	16 February 19001	Sir Edward Clarke	Conservative	Ivor Churchill Guest	Conservative	Resignation

Rossendale	13 February 1900	John Henry Maden	Liberal	Sir William Mather	Liberal	Resignation

Mid Armagh	12 February 1900	Dunbar Plunket Barton	Irish Unionist	John Brownlee Lonsdale	Irish Unionist	Resignation

London University	6–10 February 1900	Sir John Lubbock	Liberal Unionist	Sir Michael Foster	Liberal Unionist	Elevation to the peerage

York	6 February 1900	Lord Charles Beresford	Conservative	Denison Faber	Conservative	Resignation

Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire	20 December 1899	John Balfour	Liberal	Eugene Wason	Liberal	Resignation

Wells	7 December 18991	Hylton Jolliffe	Conservative	Robert Edmund Dickinson	Conservative	Succession to the peerage

Exeter	6 November 1899	Henry Northcote	Conservative	Sir Edgar Vincent	Conservative	Resignation

Bow and Bromley	27 October 1899	Lionel Holland	Conservative	Walter Guthrie	Conservative	Resignation

St Pancras East	12 July 1899	Robert Grant Webster	Conservative	Thomas Wrightson	Conservative	Resignation

Oldham6	6 July 1899	Robert Ascroft	Conservative	Alfred Emmott	Liberal	Death

James Francis Oswald	Conservative	Walter Runciman	Liberal	Resignation

Osgoldcross4	5 July 1899	Sir John Austin	Liberal	Sir John Austin	Independent Liberal	Seeks re-election on leaving party

Edinburgh East	23 June 1899	Robert Wallace	Liberal	George McCrae	Liberal	Death

Edinburgh South3	19 June 1899	Robert Cox	Liberal Unionist	Arthur Dewar	Liberal	Death

Southport5	30 May 1899	Sir Herbert Naylor-Leyland	Liberal	George Augustus Pilkington	Liberal	Death

Oxford University	11 May 18991	Sir John Robert Mowbray	Conservative	Sir William Reynell Anson	Liberal Unionist	Death

Merionethshire	2 May 18991	Thomas Edward Ellis	Liberal	Owen Morgan Edwards	Liberal	Death

Harrow	5 April 1899	William Ambrose	Conservative	Irwin Cox	Conservative	Resignation (Master in Lunacy)

North Norfolk	16 March 1899	Herbert Cozens-Hardy	Liberal	William Brampton Gurdon	Liberal	Resignation

Elland	8 March 1899	Thomas Wayman	Liberal	Charles Philips Trevelyan	Liberal	Resignation

Hythe	1 March 1899	Sir James Bevan Edwards	Conservative	Sir Edward Sassoon	Conservative	Resignation

North Antrim	25 February 18991	Hugh McCalmont	Irish Unionist	William Moore	Irish Unionist	Resignation

Rotherham	23 February 1899	Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland	Liberal	William Henry Holland	Liberal	Resignation

North West Lanarkshire	21 February 1899	John Goundry Holburn	Liberal	Charles Mackinnon Douglas	Liberal	Death

Londonderry City	16 February 1899	Edmund Francis Vesey Knox	Irish National Federation	Arthur John Moore	Irish Parliamentary	Resignation

Birmingham North	14 February 18991	William Kenrick	Liberal Unionist	John Throgmorton Middlemore	Liberal Unionist	Resignation

Epsom	23 January 18991	Thomas Bucknill	Conservative	William Keswick	Conservative	Resignation

Newton	16 January 18991	Thomas Wodehouse Legh	Conservative	Richard Pilkington	Conservative	Succession to the peerage

Aylesbury	6 January 18991	Ferdinand James de Rothschild	Liberal Unionist	Lionel Walter Rothschild	Liberal Unionist	Death

Liverpool Kirkdale	9 December 18981	Sir George Smyth Baden-Powell	Conservative	David MacIver	Conservative	Death

Oxford	4 November 18981	Viscount Valentia	Conservative	Viscount Valentia	Conservative	Comptroller of the Household2

North Fermanagh	1 November 1898	Richard Martin Dane	Irish Unionist	Edward Archdale	Irish Unionist	Resignation

Ormskirk	20 October 18981	Sir Arthur Bower Forwood	Conservative	Arthur Stanley	Conservative	Death

Darlington	17 September 1898	Arthur Pease	Liberal Unionist	Herbert Pike Pease	Liberal Unionist	Death

North Down	7 September 1898	Thomas Waring	Irish Unionist	John Blakiston-Houston	Irish Unionist	Death

Southport5	24 August 1898	George Nathaniel Curzon	Conservative	Sir Herbert Naylor-Leyland	Liberal	Resignation

Launceston	3 August 1898	Thomas Owen	Liberal	Sir John Fletcher Moulton	Liberal	Death

Great Grimsby4	2 August 1898	Sir George Doughty	Liberal	Sir George Doughty	Liberal Unionist	Seeks re-election on changing party

Reading4	25 July 1898	Charles Townshend Murdoch	Conservative	George William Palmer	Liberal	Death

West Down	18 July 18981	Lord Arthur William Hill	Irish Unionist	Arthur Hill	Irish Unionist	Resignation

Gravesend	13 July 1898	James Dampier Palmer	Conservative	John Ryder	Conservative	Resignation

Durham4	30 June 1898	Matthew Fowler	Liberal	Arthur Elliot	Liberal Unionist	Death

Hertford	22 June 1898	Abel Smith	Conservative	Evelyn Cecil	Conservative	Death

South Norfolk4	12 May 1898	Francis Taylor	Liberal Unionist	Arthur Wellesley Soames	Liberal	Resignation

Newark	11 May 18981	Harold Heneage Finch-Hatton	Conservative	Viscount Newark	Conservative	Resignation

West Staffordshire	10 May 1898	Hamar Alfred Bass	Liberal Unionist	Sir Alexander Henderson	Liberal Unionist	Death

Wokingham	30 March 1898	Sir George Russell	Conservative	Oliver Young	Conservative	Death

Maidstone	26 March 1898	Sir Frederick Hunt	Conservative	Fiennes Cornwallis	Conservative	Resignation

Stepney3	9 March 1898	Frederick Wootton Isaacson	Conservative	William Charles Steadman	Lib-Lab	Death

Cricklade4	24 February 1898	Alfred Hopkinson	Liberal Unionist	Lord Edmond FitzMaurice	Liberal	Resignation

Birmingham Edgbaston	15 February 18981	George Dixon	Liberal Unionist	Sir Francis William Lowe	Conservative	Death

Pembrokeshire	15 February 1898	William Rees Morgan Davies	Liberal	John Wynford Philipps	Liberal	Resignation

Marylebone West	3 February 18981	Sir Horace Brand Townsend Farquhar	Liberal Unionist	Sir Samuel Edward Scott	Conservative	Elevation to the peerage

South East Durham3	3 February 1898	Sir Henry Marshman Havelock-Allan	Liberal Unionist	Joseph Richardson	Liberal	Death

Wolverhampton South	3 February 1898	Charles Pelham Villiers	Liberal Unionist	John Lloyd Gibbons	Liberal Unionist	Death

Dublin St Stephen's Green	21 January 1898	William Kenny	Liberal Unionist	James Henry Mussen Campbell	Irish Unionist	Resignation

Mid Armagh	21 January 18981	Dunbar Plunket Barton	Irish Unionist	Dunbar Plunket Barton	Irish Unionist	Solicitor General for Ireland2

York4	13 January 1898	Frank Lockwood	Liberal	Lord Charles Beresford	Conservative	Death

Plymouth	12 January 1898	Charles Harrison	Liberal	Sigismund Mendl	Liberal	Death

Deptford	15 November 1897	Charles John Darling	Conservative	Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton	Conservative	Resignation

Liverpool Exchange	10 November 1897	John Charles Bigham	Liberal Unionist	Charles McArthur	Liberal Unionist	Resignation

Middleton3	4 November 1897	Thomas Fielden	Conservative	James Duckworth	Liberal	Death

Barnsley	28 October 1897	Earl Compton	Liberal	Joseph Walton	Liberal	Succession to the peerage

East Denbighshire	28 September 1897	Sir George Osborne Morgan	Liberal	Samuel Moss	Liberal	Death

Sheffield Brightside	6 August 1897	Anthony John Mundella	Liberal	Frederick Maddison	Lib-Lab	Death

South Roscommon	15 July 18971	Luke Patrick Hayden	Irish National League	John Patrick Hayden	Irish National League	Death

Petersfield	8 June 1897	William Wickham	Conservative	William Graham Nicholson	Conservative	Death

Halifax	3 March 1897	William Rawson Shaw	Liberal	Alfred Billson	Liberal	Resignation

Chertsey	18 February 1897	Charles Harvey Combe	Conservative	Henry Currie Leigh-Bennett	Conservative	Resignation

Glasgow Bridgeton	15 February 1897	Sir George Otto Trevelyan	Liberal	Sir Charles Cameron	Liberal	Resignation

Walthamstow3	3 February 1897	Edmund Widdrington Byrne	Conservative	Sam Woods	Lib-Lab	Resignation

Romford	1 February 1897	Alfred Money Wigram	Conservative	Louis Sinclair	Conservative	Resignation

Forfarshire	30 January 1897	James Martin White	Liberal	John Sinclair	Liberal	Resignation

Salisbury	27 January 1897	Edward Hulse	Conservative	Augustus Henry Eden Allhusen	Conservative	Resignation

Cleveland	12 January 1897	Henry Fell Pease	Liberal	Alfred Edward Pease	Liberal	Death

Bradford East	10 November 1896	Henry Byron Reed	Conservative	Ronald Henry Fulke Greville	Conservative	Death

Frome4	2 June 1896	Viscount Weymouth	Conservative	John Barlow	Liberal	Succession to the peerage

Wick Burghs3	2 June 1896	Sir John Pender	Liberal Unionist	Thomas Charles Hunter Hedderwick	Liberal	Resignation

Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities	12 May 18961	Sir Charles John Pearson	Conservative	Sir William Overend Priestley	Conservative	Resignation

Aberdeen North	1 May 1896	William Alexander Hunter	Liberal	Duncan Vernon Pirie	Liberal	Resignation

North Kerry	24 April 18961	Thomas Sexton	Irish National Federation	Michael Joseph Flavin	Irish National Federation	Resignation

Dublin College Green	6 April 18961	Joseph Edward Kenny	Irish National League	James Laurence Carew	Irish National League	Resignation

East Kerry	27 March 1896	Michael Davitt	Irish National Federation	James Roche	Irish National Federation	Chose to sit for South Mayo

South Louth	19 March 1896	Daniel Ambrose	Irish National Federation	Richard McGhee	Irish National Federation	Death

Lichfield	26 February 1896	Henry Charles Fulford	Liberal	Courtenay Warner	Liberal	Void election

Montrose Burghs	22 February 1896	John Shiress Will	Liberal	John Morley	Liberal	Resignation

Southampton3	22 February 1896	Tankerville Chamberlayne	Conservative	Sir Francis Henry Evans	Liberal	Void election

Wycombe	21 February 18961	Viscount Curzon	Conservative	Viscount Curzon	Conservative	Treasurer of the Household2

Brixton	30 January 1896	Marquess of Carmarthen	Conservative	Evelyn Hubbard	Conservative	Succession to the peerage

St Pancras South	28 January 1896	Sir Julian Goldsmid	Liberal Unionist	Herbert Merton Jessel	Liberal Unionist	Death

Belfast North	22 January 1896	Sir Edward Harland	Irish Unionist	Sir James Horner Haslett	Irish Unionist	Death

Dublin University	2–6 December 1895	David Robert Plunket	Irish Unionist	William Edward Hartpole Lecky	Liberal Unionist	Elevation to the peerage

Harrow	30 November 18951	William Ambrose	Conservative	William Ambrose	Conservative	Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster2

Liverpool East Toxteth	29 November 18951	Henry de Worms	Conservative	Augustus Frederick Warr	Conservative	Elevation to the peerage

Kensington South	28 November 18951	Sir Algernon Borthwick	Conservative	Lord Lovaine	Conservative	Elevation to the peerage

West Waterford	12 September 18951	Alfred Webb	Irish National Federation	James John Shee	Irish National Federation	Resignation

Limerick City4	11 September 1895	John Daly	Irish National League	Francis Arthur O'Keefe	Irish National Federation	Disqualification

South Kerry	5 September 1895	Denis Kilbride	Irish National Federation	Thomas Joseph Farrell	Irish National Federation	Chose to sit for North Galway

Dublin St Stephen's Green	2 September 1895	William Kenny	Liberal Unionist	William Kenny	Liberal Unionist	Solicitor General for Ireland2

Inverness Burghs	31 August 18951	Robert Finlay	Liberal Unionist	Robert Finlay	Liberal Unionist	Solicitor General2

West Cavan	2 August 18951	Edmund Francis Vesey Knox	Irish National Federation	James Patrick Farrell	Irish National Federation	Chose to sit for Londonderry City

1 An uncontested by-election. 2 Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.

25th Parliament (1892–1895)[edit]

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party	Winner	Party	Cause

Ealing	8 July 18951	Lord George Hamilton	Conservative	Lord George Hamilton	Conservative	Secretary of State for India2

Sleaford	6 July 18951	Henry Chaplin	Conservative	Henry Chaplin	Conservative	President of the Local Government Board2

Blackpool	6 July 18951	Sir Matthew Ridley	Conservative	Sir Matthew Ridley	Conservative	Secretary of State for the Home Department2

Croydon	5 July 18951	Charles Thomson Ritchie	Conservative	Charles Thomson Ritchie	Conservative	President of the Board of Trade2

Manchester East	1 July 18951	Arthur James Balfour	Conservative	Arthur James Balfour	Conservative	First Lord of the Treasury2

Bristol West	1 July 18951	Sir Michael Hicks Beach	Conservative	Sir Michael Hicks Beach	Conservative	Chancellor of the Exchequer2

Birmingham West	1 July 18951	Joseph Chamberlain	Liberal Unionist	Joseph Chamberlain	Liberal Unionist	Secretary of State for the Colonies2

St George's Hanover Square	29 June 18951	George Goschen	Conservative	George Goschen	Conservative	First Lord of the Admiralty2

Cork City	27 June 1895	William O'Brien	Irish National Federation	J. F. X. O'Brien	Irish National Federation	Resignation

Inverness-shire4	13 June 1895	Donald MacGregor	Liberal	James Evan Bruce Baillie	Conservative	Resignation

Chorley	7 June 18951	Randle Joseph Feilden	Conservative	Lord Balniel	Conservative	Death

Edinburgh West	29 May 1895	Viscount Wolmer	Liberal Unionist	Lewis McIver	Liberal Unionist	Succession to a peerage

Croydon	24 May 18951	Sidney Herbert	Conservative	Charles Thomson Ritchie	Conservative	Succession to a peerage

Warwick and Leamington	23 May 1895	Arthur Wellesley Peel	Liberal Unionist	Alfred Lyttelton	Liberal Unionist	Elevation to the peerage

West Dorset	14 May 1895	Henry Richard Farquharson	Conservative	Robert Williams	Conservative	Death

Newington Walworth4	14 May 1895	William Saunders	Liberal	Sir James Bailey	Conservative	Death

Leeds East	30 April 1895	John Lawrence Gane	Liberal	Thomas Richmond Leuty	Liberal	Death

East Wicklow	26 April 1895	John Sweetman	Irish National Federation	Edward Peter O'Kelly	Irish National Federation	Seeks re-election upon becoming a Parnellite Nationalist

Mid Norfolk	23 April 1895	Clement Higgins	Liberal Unionist	Robert Gurdon	Liberal Unionist	Resignation

Oxford	20 April 1895	Sir George Tomkyns Chesney	Conservative	Viscount Valentia	Conservative	Death

Bristol East	21 March 1895	Sir Joseph Dodge Weston	Liberal	Sir William Henry Wills	Liberal	Death

Colchester4	19 February 1895	Herbert Naylor-Leyland	Conservative	Weetman Dickinson Pearson	Liberal	Resignation

Paddington South	9 February 18951	Lord Randolph Churchill	Conservative	George Fardell	Conservative	Death

Evesham	22 January 1895	Sir Edmund Lechmere	Conservative	Charles Wigram Long	Conservative	Death

Brigg3	7 December 1894	Samuel Danks Waddy	Liberal	John Maunsell Richardson	Conservative	Resignation (Recorder of Sheffield)

Forfarshire3	17 November 1894	Sir John Rigby	Liberal	Charles Maule Ramsay	Conservative	Resignation (Lord Justice of Appeal)

York	14 November 18941	Frank Lockwood	Liberal	Frank Lockwood	Liberal	Solicitor General for England and Wales2

Sutherland	26 October 18941	Angus Sutherland	Liberal	John MacLeod	Liberal	Resignation (Chairman of the Fishery Board for Scotland)

Birkenhead	17 October 1894	Viscount Bury	Conservative	Elliott Lees	Conservative	Succession to a peerage

South Kilkenny	7 September 18941	Patrick Chance	Irish National Federation	Samuel Morris	Irish National Federation	Resignation

Leicester	29 August 1894	Sir James Whitehead	Liberal	Henry Broadhurst	Lib-Lab	Resignation

James Allanson Picton	Liberal	Walter Hazell	Liberal

Chichester	16 August 18941	Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox	Conservative	Lord Edmund Bernard Talbot	Conservative	Resignation

Sheffield Attercliffe	5 July 1894	Bernard John Seymour Coleridge	Liberal	J. Batty Langley	Liberal	Succession to a peerage

Dumfries Burghs	7 May 18941	Robert Reid	Liberal	Robert Reid	Liberal	Solicitor General for England and Wales2

Hackney South	7 May 1894	Sir Charles Russell	Liberal	John Fletcher Moulton	Liberal	Resignation

Mid Lanarkshire	5 April 1894	John Wynford Philipps	Liberal	James Caldwell	Liberal	Resignation

Wisbech	3 April 1894	Arthur Brand	Liberal	Arthur Brand	Liberal	Treasurer of the Household2

Romford	2 April 1894	James Theobald	Conservative	Alfred Money Wigram	Conservative	Death

Berwickshire	29 March 1894	Edward Marjoribanks	Liberal	Harold Tennant	Liberal	Succession to a peerage

Montgomeryshire	29 March 1894	Stuart Rendel	Liberal	Arthur Humphreys-Owen	Liberal	Elevation to the peerage

Hawick Burghs	27 March 1894	Thomas Shaw	Liberal	Thomas Shaw	Liberal	Solicitor General for Scotland2

Leith Burghs	26 March 1894	Ronald Munro-Ferguson	Liberal	Ronald Munro-Ferguson	Liberal	Lord Commissioner of the Treasury2

Leeds West	16 March 18941	Herbert Gladstone	Liberal	Herbert Gladstone	Liberal	First Commissioner of Works2

Horncastle	11 January 1894	Edward Stanhope	Conservative	Lord Willoughby de Eresby	Conservative	Death

Accrington	21 December 1893	Joseph Francis Leese	Liberal	Joseph Francis Leese	Liberal	Recorder of Manchester2

Brighton	14 December 18931	Sir William Thackeray Marriott	Conservative	Bruce Canning Vernon-Wentworth	Conservative	Resignation

South Wexford	30 November 18931	John Barry	Irish National Federation	Peter Ffrench	Irish National Federation	Resignation

Hereford4	15 August 1893	William Grenfell	Liberal	Charles Wallwyn Radcliffe Cooke	Conservative	Resignation

West Mayo	8 August 18931	John Deasy	Irish National Federation	Robert Ambrose	Irish National Federation	Resignation

Cardiganshire	4 July 18931	William Bowen Rowlands	Liberal	William Bowen Rowlands	Liberal	Recorder of Swansea2

South East Cork	28 June 18931	John Morrogh	Irish National Federation	Andrew Commins	Irish National Federation	Resignation

North East Cork	28 June 18931	Michael Davitt	Irish National Federation	William Abraham	Irish National Federation	Resignation

Pontefract	26 June 1893	Harold James Reckitt	Liberal	Sir Thomas Willans Nussey	Liberal	Void election

Swansea District	19 June 18931	Sir Henry Hussey Vivian	Liberal	William Williams	Liberal	Elevation to the peerage

Linlithgowshire3	15 June 1893	Peter McLagan	Liberal	Thomas Hope	Conservative	Resignation

Banffshire	15 March 1893	Robert William Duff	Liberal	Sir William Wedderburn	Liberal	Resignation

Great Grimsby3	6 March 1893	Henri Josse	Liberal	Edward Heneage	Liberal Unionist	Resignation

Mid Tipperary	24 February 18931	John McCarthy	Irish National Federation	James Francis Hogan	Irish National Federation	Death

Horsham	24 February 1893	Sir Walter Barttelot	Conservative	John Heywood Johnstone	Conservative	Death

Gateshead	24 February 1893	Walter Henry James	Liberal	William Allan	Liberal	Succession to a peerage

Cirencester5	23 February 1893	Thomas Chester-Master	Conservative	Harry Lawson Webster Lawson	Liberal	Void election

Stockport	22 February 1893	Louis John Jennings	Conservative	George Whiteley	Conservative	Death

North Meath	21 February 1893	Michael Davitt	Irish National Federation	James Gibney	Irish National Federation	Election declared void

South Meath	17 February 1893	Patrick Fulham	Irish National Federation	Jeremiah Jordan	Irish National Federation	Election declared void

Hexham3	17 February 1893	Nathaniel George Clayton	Conservative	Miles MacInnes	Liberal	Void election

Pontefract4	13 February 1893	Rowland Winn	Conservative	Harold James Reckitt	Liberal	Succession to a peerage

Walsall3	9 February 1893	Frank James	Conservative	Sir Arthur Divett Hayter	Liberal	Void election

Halifax	9 February 1893	Thomas Shaw	Liberal	William Rawson Shaw	Liberal	Death

North East Cork	8 February 18931	William O'Brien	Irish National Federation	Michael Davitt	Irish National Federation	Chose to sit for Cork City

Rochester	8 February 18931	Horatio David Davies	Conservative	Viscount Cranborne	Conservative	Void election

Burnley	6 February 1893	Jabez Spencer Balfour	Liberal	Philip Stanhope	Liberal	Resignation

Huddersfield3	4 February 1893	William Summers	Liberal	Sir Joseph Crosland	Conservative	Death

Liverpool West Derby	10 January 1893	William Henry Cross	Conservative	Walter Hume Long	Conservative	Death

East Aberdeenshire	10 December 1892	Peter Esslemont	Liberal	Thomas Buchanan	Liberal	Resignation (Chairman of the Fishery Board for Scotland)

Cirencester5	13 October 1892	Arthur Brend Winterbotham	Liberal	Thomas Chester-Master	Conservative	Death

Luton	29 September 1892	Cyril Flower	Liberal	Samuel Howard Whitbread	Liberal	Elevation to the peerage

Leeds South	22 September 1892	Sir Lyon Playfair	Liberal	John Lawson Walton	Liberal	Elevation to the peerage

Saffron Walden	19 September 18921	Herbert Gardner	Liberal	Herbert Gardner	Liberal	President of the Board of Agriculture2

Dundee	9 September 18921	Edmund Robertson	Liberal	Edmund Robertson	Liberal	Civil Lord of the Admiralty2

Merionethshire	26 August 18921	Thomas Edward Ellis	Liberal	Thomas Edward Ellis	Liberal	Lord Commissioner of the Treasury2

East Fife	25 August 18921	Herbert Henry Asquith	Liberal	Herbert Henry Asquith	Liberal	Secretary of State for the Home Department2

Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire	25 August 18921	John Blair Balfour	Liberal	John Blair Balfour	Liberal	Lord Advocate2

Stirling Burghs	25 August 18921	Henry Campbell-Bannerman	Liberal	Henry Campbell-Bannerman	Liberal	Secretary of State for War2

Elgin Burghs	25 August 18921	Alexander Asher	Liberal	Alexander Asher	Liberal	Solicitor General for Scotland2

Newcastle-upon-Tyne	25 August 1892	John Morley	Liberal	John Morley	Liberal	Chief Secretary for Ireland2

Rotherham	25 August 18921	Arthur Dyke Acland	Liberal	Arthur Dyke Acland	Liberal	Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education2

Forfarshire	24 August 18921	John Rigby	Liberal	John Rigby	Liberal	Solicitor General for England and Wales2

Midlothian (or Edinburghshire)	24 August 18921	William Ewart Gladstone	Liberal	William Ewart Gladstone	Liberal	Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Lord Privy Seal2

Glasgow Bridgeton	24 August 18921	Sir George Trevelyan	Liberal	Sir George Trevelyan	Liberal	Secretary for Scotland2

Mid Northamptonshire	24 August 18921	Charles Spencer	Liberal	Charles Spencer	Liberal	Vice-Chamberlain of the Household2

Nottingham East	24 August 18921	Arnold Morley	Liberal	Arnold Morley	Liberal	Postmaster General2

Derby	24 August 1892	Sir William Vernon Harcourt	Liberal	Sir William Vernon Harcourt	Liberal	Chancellor of the Exchequer2

Aberdeen South	23 August 18921	James Bryce	Liberal	James Bryce	Liberal	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster2

St Austell	23 August 18921	William Alexander McArthur	Liberal	William Alexander McArthur	Liberal	Lord Commissioner of the Treasury2

Wolverhampton East	23 August 18921	Henry Fowler	Liberal	Henry Fowler	Liberal	President of the Local Government Board2

Stoke-upon-Trent	23 August 18921	George Leveson-Gower	Liberal	George Leveson-Gower	Liberal	Comptroller of the Household2

Sheffield Brightside	23 August 18921	Anthony John Mundella	Liberal	Anthony John Mundella	Liberal	President of the Board of Trade2

Bury St Edmunds	23 August 18921	Lord Francis Hervey	Conservative	Viscount Chelsea	Conservative	Resignation (Civil Service Commissioner)

Bradford Central	23 August 18921	George Shaw-Lefevre	Liberal	George Shaw-Lefevre	Liberal	First Commissioner of Works2

Southwark West	23 August 18921	Richard Knight Causton	Liberal	Richard Knight Causton	Liberal	Lord Commissioner of the Treasury2

Hackney South	23 August 18921	Sir Charles Russell	Liberal	Sir Charles Russell	Liberal	Attorney General for England and Wales2

Holborn	12 August 18921	Gainsford Bruce	Conservative	Sir Charles Hall	Conservative	Resignation (High Court Judge)

1 An uncontested by-election. 2 Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.

24th Parliament (1886–1892)[edit]

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party	Winner	Party	Cause

Hackney North	11 May 1892	Sir Lewis Pelly	Conservative	William Robert Bousfield	Conservative	Death

Chelmsford	30 April 18921	William James Beadel	Conservative	Thomas Usborne	Conservative	Death

East Worcestershire	30 March 18921	George Woodyatt Hastings	Liberal Unionist	Joseph Austen Chamberlain	Liberal Unionist	Expelled after a criminal conviction

Kirkcaldy Burghs	11 March 1892	Sir George Campbell	Liberal	James Henry Dalziel	Liberal	Death

North Wexford4	11 March 18921	John Edward Redmond	Irish National League	Thomas Joseph Healy	Irish National Federation	Resignation in order to contest Cork City

Belfast East	9 March 1892	Edward de Cobain	Irish Unionist	Gustav Wilhelm Wolff	Irish Unionist	Expelled after a criminal conviction

South Derbyshire	4 March 1892	Henry Wardle	Liberal	Harrington Evans Broad	Liberal	Death

Chertsey	3 March 1892	Frederick Alers Hankey	Conservative	Charles Harvey Combe	Conservative	Death

Liverpool Everton	15 February 18921	Edward Whitley	Conservative	John Archibald Willox	Conservative	Death

Rossendale4	23 January 1892	Marquess of Hartington	Liberal Unionist	John Henry Maden	Liberal	Succession to a peerage

Waterford City	23 December 1891	Richard Power	Irish National League	John Edward Redmond	Irish National League	Death

Mid Armagh	17 December 18911	Sir James Porter Corry	Irish Unionist	Dunbar Plunket Barton	Irish Unionist	Death

Chichester	9 December 18911	Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox	Conservative	Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox	Conservative	Treasurer of the Household2

East Dorset	27 November 1891	George Hawkesworth Bond	Conservative	Humphrey Napier Sturt	Conservative	Death

Leeds North	23 November 18911	William Lawies Jackson	Conservative	William Lawies Jackson	Conservative	Chief Secretary for Ireland2

South Molton4	13 November 1891	Viscount Lymington	Liberal Unionist	George Lambert	Liberal	Succession to a peerage

Cork City4	6 November 1891	Charles Stewart Parnell	Irish National League	Martin Flavin	Irish National Federation	Death

North Kilkenny	29 October 18911	Sir John Pope-Hennessy	Irish National Federation	Patrick McDermott	Irish National Federation	Death

Strand	27 October 1891	William Henry Smith	Conservative	William Frederick Danvers Smith	Conservative	Death

Cambridge University	9 October 18911	Henry Cecil Raikes	Conservative	Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb	Conservative	Death

Buteshire	9 October 1891	James Robertson	Conservative	Andrew Murray	Conservative	Resignation (Lord Justice General)

Manchester North East	8 October 1891	Sir James Fergusson	Conservative	Sir James Fergusson	Conservative	Postmaster General2

Lewisham	26 August 1891	Viscount Lewisham	Conservative	John Penn	Conservative	Succession to a peerage

Walsall	12 August 1891	Sir Charles Forster	Liberal	Edward Thomas Holden	Liberal	Death

Wisbech4	23 July 1891	Charles William Selwyn	Conservative	Arthur Brand	Liberal	Resignation

County Carlow	7 July 1891	James Patrick Mahon	Irish National Federation	John Hammond	Irish National Federation	Death

City of London	3 June 18911	Sir Robert Nicholas Fowler	Conservative	Sir Reginald Hanson	Conservative	Death

West Derbyshire	2 June 18911	Lord Edward Cavendish	Liberal Unionist	Victor Christian William Cavendish	Liberal Unionist	Death

Paisley	1 June 1891	William Boyle Barbour	Liberal	William Dunn	Liberal	Death

Buckingham	28 May 1891	Edmund Hope Verney	Liberal	Herbert Samuel Leon	Liberal	Expelled after a criminal conviction

Strand	12 May 18911	William Henry Smith	Conservative	William Henry Smith	Conservative	Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports2

Harborough4	8 May 1891	Thomas Keay Tapling	Conservative	John William Logan	Liberal	Death

South Dorset	7 May 1891	Charles Joseph Theophilus Hambro	Conservative	William Ernest Brymer	Conservative	Death

Stowmarket4	5 May 1891	Edward Greene	Conservative	Sydney Stern	Liberal	Death

Whitehaven	24 April 1891	George Cavendish-Bentinck	Conservative	Sir James Bain	Conservative	Death

Woodstock	21 April 1891	Francis William Maclean	Liberal Unionist	George Herbert Morrell	Conservative	Resignation (Master in Lunacy)

City of London	18 April 18911	Thomas Baring	Conservative	Hucks Gibbs	Conservative	Death

North Sligo	2 April 1891	Peter McDonald	Irish Parliamentary	Bernard Collery	Irish National Federation	Death

Aston Manor	20 March 1891	George Kynoch	Conservative	George William Grice-Hutchinson	Conservative	Death

Northampton	12 February 1891	Charles Bradlaugh	Liberal	Moses Philip Manfield	Liberal	Death

The Hartlepools4	21 January 1891	Thomas Richardson	Liberal Unionist	Christopher Furness	Liberal	Death

North Kilkenny	22 December 1890	Edward Purcell Mulhallen Marum	Irish Parliamentary	Sir John Pope-Hennessy	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Bassetlaw	15 December 1890	William Beckett-Denison	Conservative	Frederick George Milner	Conservative	Death

Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities	12 November 18901	Moir Tod Stormonth Darling	Conservative	Sir Charles John Pearson	Conservative	Resignation (Senator of the College of Justice)

Eccles4	22 October 1890	Alfred John Francis Egerton	Conservative	Henry John Roby	Liberal	Death

East Carmarthenshire	8 August 18901	David Pugh	Liberal	Abel Thomas	Liberal	Death

Mid Durham	17 July 1890	William Crawford	Lib-Lab	John Wilson	Lib-Lab	Death

Barrow-in-Furness3	2 July 1890	William Sproston Caine	Liberal Unionist	James Duncan	Liberal	Resigned to restand as an Independent Liberal

North Donegal	25 June 18901	James Edward O'Doherty	Irish Parliamentary	James Rochfort Maguire	Irish Parliamentary	Resignation

West Donegal	30 May 18901	Patrick O'Hea	Irish Parliamentary	James Joseph Dalton	Irish Parliamentary	Resignation

Mid Tipperary	15 May 18901	Thomas Mayne	Irish Parliamentary	Henry Harrison	Irish Parliamentary	Resignation

East Galway	14 May 18901	Matthew Harris	Irish Parliamentary	John Roche	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Bristol East	9 May 1890	Handel Cossham	Liberal	Joseph Dodge Weston	Liberal	Death

Caernarvon Boroughs4	10 April 1890	Edward Swetenham	Conservative	David Lloyd George	Liberal	Death

Windsor	2 April 1890	Robert Richardson-Gardner	Conservative	Francis Tress Barry	Conservative	Resignation

West Cavan	26 March 18901	Joseph Gillis Biggar	Irish Parliamentary	Edmund Francis Vesey Knox	Irish Parliamentary	Death

East Down	25 March 18901	Richard William Blackwood Ker	Irish Unionist	James Alexander Rentoul	Irish Unionist	Resignation

Ayr Burghs5	25 March 1890	John Sinclair	Liberal	James Somervell	Conservative	Resignation

Stoke-upon-Trent	14 March 1890	William Leatham Bright	Liberal	George Leveson-Gower	Liberal	Resignation

Stamford	7 March 1890	John Compton Lawrance	Conservative	Henry John Cockayne Cust	Conservative	Resignation (High Court Judge)

St Pancras North4	4 March 1890	Charles Cochrane-Baillie	Conservative	Thomas Henry Bolton	Liberal	Succession to a peerage

West Waterford	24 February 18901	Jasper Douglas Pyne	Irish Parliamentary	Alfred Webb	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Mid Glamorganshire	20 February 18901	Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot	Liberal	Samuel Thomas Evans	Liberal	Death

Partick	11 February 1890	Alexander Craig Sellar	Liberal Unionist	James Parker Smith	Liberal Unionist	Death

Brighton	25 October 1889	Sir William Tindal Robertson	Conservative	Gerald Walter Erskine Loder	Conservative	Death

Buckingham4	11 October 1889	Egerton Hubbard	Conservative	Edmund Hope Verney	Liberal	Succession to a peerage

Elginshire and Nairnshire	8 October 1889	Charles Henry Anderson	Liberal	John Seymour Keay	Liberal	Death

Peterborough4	7 October 1889	John Wentworth-FitzWilliam	Liberal Unionist	Alpheus Cleophas Morton	Liberal	Death

Sleaford	26 September 1889	Henry Chaplin	Conservative	Henry Chaplin	Conservative	President of the Board of Agriculture2

Dundee	25 September 18891	Joseph Firth Bottomley Firth	Liberal	John Leng	Liberal	Death

Belfast North	12 August 18891	Sir William Ewart	Irish Unionist	Edward James Harland	Irish Unionist	Death

Marylebone East	19 July 1889	Lord Charles Beresford	Conservative	Edmund Boulnois	Conservative	Resignation

West Carmarthenshire	17 July 1889	Walter Rice Howell Powell	Liberal	John Lloyd Morgan	Liberal	Death

Dover	12 July 18891	Alexander George Dickson	Conservative	George Wyndham	Conservative	Death

West Fife	5 July 1889	Robert Preston Bruce	Liberal	Augustine Birrell	Liberal	Resignation

South East Cork	3 June 18891	John Hooper	Irish Parliamentary	John Morrogh	Irish Parliamentary	Resignation

Rochester3	16 April 1889	Francis Charles Hughes-Hallett	Conservative	Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen	Liberal	Resignation

Birmingham Central	15 April 1889	John Bright	Liberal Unionist	John Albert Bright	Liberal Unionist	Death

Enfield	30 March 1889	Viscount Folkestone	Conservative	Henry Ferryman Bowles	Conservative	Succession to a peerage

Gorton	22 March 1889	Richard Peacock	Liberal	William Mather	Liberal	Death

Kennington4	15 March 1889	Robert Gent-Davis	Conservative	Mark Hanbury Beaufoy	Liberal	Resignation

Barnsley	11 March 1889	Courtney Stanhope Kenny	Liberal	Earl Compton	Liberal	Resignation

Burnley	27 February 18891	John Slagg	Liberal	Jabez Spencer Balfour	Liberal	Resignation

East Perthshire	19 February 1889	Robert Stewart Menzies	Liberal	Sir John Kinloch	Liberal	Death

Govan4	18 January 1889	Sir William Pearce	Conservative	John Wilson	Liberal	Death

Stockton-on-Tees	21 December 1888	Joseph Dodds	Liberal	Sir Horace Davey	Liberal	Resignation

Colchester	18 December 1888	Henry John Trotter	Conservative	Lord Brooke	Conservative	Death

Maidstone	14 December 1888	Alexander Henry Ross	Conservative	Fiennes Cornwallis	Conservative	Death

Holborn	29 November 1888	Francis Duncan	Conservative	Gainsford Bruce	Conservative	Death

Dewsbury	16 November 1888	Sir John Simon	Liberal	Mark Oldroyd	Liberal	Resignation

Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities	6 November 18881	John Hay Athole Macdonald	Conservative	Moir Tod Stormonth Darling	Conservative	Resignation (Lord Justice Clerk)

Merthyr Tydfil6	26 October 1888	Henry Richard	Liberal	William Pritchard Morgan	Independent Liberal	Death

Liverpool West Derby	10 August 18881	Lord Claud John Hamilton	Conservative	William Henry Cross	Conservative	Resignation

South Sligo	6 July 18881	Edward Joseph Kennedy	Irish Parliamentary	Edmund Leamy	Irish Parliamentary	Resignation

South Longford	30 June 18881	Laurence Connolly	Irish Parliamentary	James Gubbins Fitzgerald	Irish Parliamentary	Resignation

Isle of Thanet	29 June 1888	Edward Robert King-Harman	Conservative	James Lowther	Conservative	Death

Ayr Burghs5	15 June 1888	Richard Frederick Fotheringham Campbell	Liberal Unionist	John Sinclair	Liberal	Death

Southampton4	23 May 1888	Sir John Edmund Commerell	Conservative	Francis Henry Evans	Liberal	Resignation

Dublin St Stephen's Green7	12 May 1888	Edmund Dwyer Gray	Irish Parliamentary	Thomas Alexander Dickson	Liberal	Death

Mid Lanarkshire	27 April 1888	Stephen Mason	Liberal	John Wynford Philipps	Liberal	Resignation

Limerick City	17 April 18881	Henry Joseph Gill	Irish Parliamentary	Francis Arthur O'Keefe	Irish Parliamentary	Resignation

Gower	27 March 1888	Frank Ash Yeo	Liberal	David Randell	Liberal	Death

Melton	21 March 18881	Lord John Manners	Conservative	Marquess of Granby	Conservative	Succession to a peerage

Merthyr Tydfil	14 March 18881	Charles Herbert James	Liberal	David Alfred Thomas	Liberal	Resignation

Chichester	14 March 18881	Earl of March	Conservative	Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox	Conservative	Resignation

Deptford	29 February 1888	William John Evelyn	Conservative	Charles John Darling	Conservative	Resignation

Hampstead	28 February 18881	Sir Henry Holland	Conservative	Edward Brodie Hoare	Conservative	Elevation to the peerage

Doncaster3	23 February 1888	Walter Shirley Shirley	Liberal	William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam	Liberal Unionist	Resignation

Bristol West	20 February 18881	Sir Michael Hicks Beach	Conservative	Sir Michael Hicks Beach	Conservative	President of the Board of Trade2

Edinburgh West3	18 February 1888	Thomas Ryburn Buchanan	Liberal Unionist	Thomas Ryburn Buchanan	Liberal	Resigned to restand as a Liberal

Southwark West	17 February 1888	Arthur Cohen	Liberal	Richard Knight Causton	Liberal	Resignation

Dundee	16 February 1888	Charles Carmichael Lacaita	Liberal	Joseph Firth Bottomley Firth	Liberal	Resignation

Liverpool Walton	3 February 18881	John George Gibson	Conservative	Miles Walker Mattinson	Conservative	Resignation (Irish High Court Judge)

Dublin University	3 February 18881	Dodgson Hamilton Madden	Irish Unionist	Dodgson Hamilton Madden	Irish Unionist	Solicitor General for Ireland2

Winchester	5 January 1888	Arthur Loftus Tottenham	Conservative	Richard Moss	Conservative	Death

Dulwich	1 December 1887	John Morgan Howard	Conservative	John Blundell Maple	Conservative	Resignation (County Court Judge)

Cambridge University	17 November 18871	Alexander Beresford Hope	Conservative	Sir George Gabriel Stokes	Conservative	Death

South Kerry	27 September 18871	John O'Connor	Irish Parliamentary	Denis Kilbride	Irish Parliamentary	Resignation

Ramsey	30 August 1887	William Fellowes	Conservative	Ailwyn Fellowes	Conservative	Elevation to the peerage

County Carlow	24 August 18871	John Aloysius Blake	Irish Parliamentary	James Patrick Mahon	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Northwich4	13 August 1887	Robert Verdin	Liberal Unionist	John Tomlinson Brunner	Liberal	Death

Glasgow Bridgeton	2 August 1887	Sir Edward Richard Russell	Liberal	Sir George Otto Trevelyan	Liberal	Resignation

Forest of Dean	29 July 1887	Thomas Blake	Liberal	Godfrey Blundell Samuelson	Liberal	Resignation

City of London	27 July 18871	John Gellibrand Hubbard	Conservative	Thomas Baring	Conservative	Elevation to the peerage

Hornsey	19 July 1887	Sir James McGarel-Hogg	Conservative	Henry Charles Stephens	Conservative	Elevation to the peerage

Brixton	19 July 1887	Ernest Baggallay	Conservative	Marquess of Carmarthen	Conservative	Resignation

Basingstoke	18 July 1887	George Sclater-Booth	Conservative	Arthur Frederick Jeffreys	Conservative	Elevation to the peerage

Dublin University	12 July 1887	Hugh Holmes	Irish Unionist	Dodgson Hamilton Madden	Irish Unionist	Resignation (Irish High Court Judge)

St Ives	9 July 18871	Sir John St Aubyn	Liberal Unionist	Thomas Bedford Bolitho	Liberal Unionist	Elevation to the peerage

Coventry4	9 July 1887	Henry William Eaton	Conservative	William Henry Walter Ballantine	Liberal	Elevation to the peerage

Paddington North	8 July 1887	Lionel Cohen	Conservative	John Aird	Conservative	Death

Spalding4	1 July 1887	Murray Finch-Hatton	Conservative	Halley Stewart	Liberal	Succession to a peerage

St Austell	18 May 1887	William Copeland Borlase	Liberal	William Alexander McArthur	Liberal	Resignation

North East Cork	16 May 18871	Edmund Leamy	Irish Parliamentary	William O'Brien	Irish Parliamentary	Resignation

Taunton	23 April 1887	Samuel Charles Allsopp	Conservative	Alfred Percy Allsopp	Conservative	Succession to a peerage

Ilkeston	24 March 1887	Thomas Watson	Liberal	Sir Balthazar Walter Foster	Liberal	Death

Burnley4	19 February 1887	Peter Rylands	Liberal Unionist	John Slagg	Liberal	Death

North Antrim	11 February 1887	Edward Macnaghten	Irish Unionist	Sir Charles Edward Lewis	Irish Unionist	Resignation (Lord of Appeal in Ordinary)

St George's Hanover Square	9 February 1887	Lord Algernon Percy	Conservative	George Goschen	Liberal Unionist	Resignation

South Sligo	7 February 18871	Thomas Sexton	Irish Parliamentary	Edward Joseph Kennedy	Irish Parliamentary	Chose to sit for Belfast West

North Longford	5 February 18871	Justin McCarthy	Irish Parliamentary	Timothy Michael Healy	Irish Parliamentary	Chose to sit for Londonderry City

Dartford	2 February 18871	Sir William Hart Dyke	Conservative	Sir William Hart Dyke	Conservative	Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education2

South Donegal	2 February 1887	Bernard Kelly	Irish Parliamentary	John Gordon Swift MacNeill	Irish Parliamentary	Death

Liverpool Exchange	26 January 1887	David Duncan	Liberal	Ralph Neville	Liberal	Death

Brentford	23 December 1886	Octavius Edward Coope	Conservative	James Bigwood	Conservative	Death

Brighton	29 November 18861	David Smith	Conservative	Dr William Tindal Robertson	Conservative	Death

King's Lynn	25 August 1886	Robert Bourke	Conservative	Alexander Weston Jarvis	Conservative	Resignation (Governor of Madras

Leith Burghs	20 August 1886	William Ewart Gladstone	Liberal	Ronald Munro-Ferguson	Liberal	Chose to sit for Midlothian (or Edinburghshire)

Burton	20 August 1886	Sir Michael Bass	Liberal	Sydney Evershed	Liberal	Elevation to the peerage

Blackpool	20 August 1886	Sir Frederick Stanley	Conservative	Sir Matthew Ridley	Conservative	President of the Board of Trade2 and elevation to the peerage

North Northamptonshire	16 August 18861	Lord Burghley	Conservative	Lord Burghley	Conservative	Parliamentary Groom in Waiting2

Newton	16 August 1886	Richard Assheton Cross	Conservative	Thomas Wodehouse Legh	Conservative	Secretary of State for India2 and elevation to the peerage

Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities	13 August 18861	John Hay Athole Macdonald	Conservative	John Hay Athole Macdonald	Conservative	Lord Advocate2

Cambridge University	13 August 18861	Henry Cecil Raikes	Conservative	Henry Cecil Raikes	Conservative	Postmaster General2

Melton	13 August 18861	Lord John Manners	Conservative	Lord John Manners	Conservative	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster2

Dublin University	13 August 18861	David Robert Plunket	Irish Unionist	David Robert Plunket	Irish Unionist	First Commissioner of Works2

Hugh Holmes	Irish Unionist	Hugh Holmes	Irish Unionist	Attorney General for Ireland2

West Down	13 August 18861	Lord Arthur William Hill	Irish Unionist	Lord Arthur William Hill	Irish Unionist	Comptroller of the Household2

Wigtownshire	12 August 18861	Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell	Conservative	Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell	Conservative	Lord Commissioner of the Treasury2

Buteshire	12 August 18861	James Robertson	Conservative	James Robertson	Conservative	Solicitor General for Scotland2

Enfield	12 August 18861	Viscount Folkestone	Conservative	Viscount Folkestone	Conservative	Treasurer of the Household2

Ealing	12 August 18861	Lord George Hamilton	Conservative	Lord George Hamilton	Conservative	First Lord of the Admiralty2

Horncastle	12 August 18861	Edward Stanhope	Conservative	Edward Stanhope	Conservative	Secretary of State for the Colonies2

Isle of Wight	12 August 18861	Sir Richard Webster	Conservative	Sir Richard Webster	Conservative	Attorney General for England and Wales2

Tiverton	12 August 18861	William Walrond	Conservative	William Walrond	Conservative	Lord Commissioner of the Treasury2

St George's, Tower Hamlets	12 August 1886	Charles Thomson Ritchie	Conservative	Charles Thomson Ritchie	Conservative	President of the Local Government Board2

Sheffield Ecclesall	11 August 18861	Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett	Conservative	Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett	Conservative	Civil Lord of the Admiralty2

Plymouth	11 August 18861	Edward George Clarke	Conservative	Edward George Clarke	Conservative	Solicitor General for England and Wales2

Manchester East	11 August 18861	Arthur James Balfour	Conservative	Arthur James Balfour	Conservative	Secretary for Scotland2

Liverpool Walton	11 August 18861	John George Gibson	Conservative	John George Gibson	Conservative	Solicitor General for Ireland2

Croydon	11 August 18861	Sidney Herbert	Conservative	Sidney Herbert	Conservative	Lord Commissioner of the Treasury2

Bristol West	11 August 18861	Sir Michael Hicks Beach	Conservative	Sir Michael Hicks Beach	Conservative	Chief Secretary for Ireland2

Brighton	11 August 18861	William Thackeray Marriott	Conservative	William Thackeray Marriott	Conservative	Judge Advocate General2

Birmingham East	11 August 18861	Henry Matthews	Conservative	Henry Matthews	Conservative	Secretary of State for the Home Department2

Strand	11 August 18861	William Henry Smith	Conservative	William Henry Smith	Conservative	Secretary of State for War2

Paddington South	11 August 18861	Lord Randolph Churchill	Conservative	Lord Randolph Churchill	Conservative	Chancellor of the Exchequer2

Marylebone East	11 August 18861	Lord Charles Beresford	Conservative	Lord Charles Beresford	Conservative	Junior Naval Lord2

Lewisham	11 August 18861	Viscount Lewisham	Conservative	Viscount Lewisham	Conservative	Vice-Chamberlain of the Household2

Hampstead	11 August 18861	Sir Henry Holland	Conservative	Sir Henry Holland	Conservative	Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education2

1 An uncontested by-election. 2 Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.

23rd Parliament (1885–1886)[edit]

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party	Winner	Party	Cause

Bradford Central	21 April 1886	William Edward Forster	Liberal	George Shaw-Lefevre	Liberal	Death

Clitheroe	19 April 1886	Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth	Liberal	Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth	Liberal	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Ipswich	14 April 1886	Henry Wyndham West	Liberal	Charles Dalrymple	Conservative	Void election

Jesse Collings	Liberal	Lord Elcho	Conservative

Norwich	7 April 1886	Harry Bullard	Conservative	Samuel Hoare	Conservative	Void election

Barrow-in-Furness	6 April 1886	David Duncan	Liberal	William Sproston Caine	Liberal	Void Election

Halifax	3 April 1886	Sir James Stansfeld	Liberal	Sir James Stansfeld	Liberal	President of the Local Government Board

Altrincham	26 March 1886	John Baguley Brooks	Conservative	Sir William Cunliffe Brooks	Conservative	Death

Flintshire	2 March 1886	Lord Richard de Aquila Grosvenor	Liberal	Samuel Smith	Liberal	Resignation

Battersea	1 March 1886	Octavius Vaughan Morgan	Liberal	Octavius Vaughan Morgan	Liberal	Sought re-election to pre-empt disqualification

Cardiff Boroughs	27 February 1886	Sir Edward James Reed	Liberal	Sir Edward James Reed	Liberal	Junior Lord of the Treasury

South Somerset	24 February 1886	Viscount Kilcoursie	Liberal	Viscount Kilcoursie	Liberal	Vice-Chamberlain of the Household

Grantham	23 February 1886	John William Mellor	Liberal	John William Mellor	Liberal	Judge Advocate General

Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire	13 February 1886	John Balfour	Liberal	John Balfour	Liberal	Lord Advocate

Berwickshire	13 February 1886	Edward Marjoribanks	Liberal	Edward Marjoribanks	Liberal	Comptroller of the Household

Banffshire	13 February 1886	Robert William Duff	Liberal	Robert William Duff	Liberal	Civil Lord of the Admiralty

Luton	13 February 1886	Cyril Flower	Liberal	Cyril Flower	Liberal	Junior Lord of the Treasury

Great Grimsby	13 February 1886	Edward Heneage	Liberal	Edward Heneage	Liberal	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Queen's County Ossory	12 February 1886	Arthur O'Connor	Irish Parliamentary	Stephen O'Mara	Irish Parliamentary	Chose to sit for East Donegal

Elgin Burghs	12 February 1886	Alexander Asher	Liberal	Alexander Asher	Liberal	Solicitor General for Scotland

North West Staffordshire	12 February 1886	George Leveson-Gower	Liberal	George Leveson-Gower	Liberal	Junior Lord of the Treasury

Mid Northamptonshire	12 February 1886	Charles Robert Spencer	Liberal	Charles Robert Spencer	Liberal	Parliamentary Groom in Waiting

Newcastle-upon-Tyne	12 February 1886	John Morley	Liberal	John Morley	Liberal	Chief Secretary for Ireland

Leeds South	12 February 1886	Sir Lyon Playfair	Liberal	Sir Lyon Playfair	Liberal	Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education

Galway Borough	11 February 1886	Thomas Power O'Connor	Irish Parliamentary	William Henry O'Shea	Irish Parliamentary	Chose to sit for Liverpool Scotland

Hackney South	11 February 1886	Charles Russell	Liberal	Charles Russell	Liberal	Attorney General for England and Wales

Hawick Burghs	10 February 1886	George Otto Trevelyan	Liberal	George Otto Trevelyan	Liberal	Secretary for Scotland

Midlothian	10 February 1886	William Ewart Gladstone	Liberal	William Ewart Gladstone	Liberal	Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Lord Privy Seal

North Monaghan	10 February 1886	Timothy Michael Healy	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick O'Brien	Irish Parliamentary	Chose to sit for South Londonderry

Stirling Burghs	10 February 1886	Henry Campbell-Bannerman	Liberal	Henry Campbell-Bannerman	Liberal	Secretary of State for War

Birmingham West	9 February 1886	Joseph Chamberlain	Liberal	Joseph Chamberlain	Liberal	President of the Local Government Board

Derby	9 February 1886	Sir William Vernon Harcourt	Liberal	Sir William Vernon Harcourt	Liberal	Chancellor of the Exchequer

Edinburgh South	9 February 1886	Hugh Culling Eardley Childers	Liberal	Hugh Culling Eardley Childers	Liberal	Secretary of State for the Home Department

Sheffield Brightside	9 February 1886	Anthony John Mundella	Liberal	Anthony John Mundella	Liberal	President of the Board of Trade

Mid Armagh	1 February 1886	John McKane	Conservative	Sir James Porter Corry	Conservative	Death

County Carlow	29 January 1886	Edmund Dwyer Gray	Irish Parliamentary	John Aloysius Blake	Irish Parliamentary	Chose to sit for Dublin St Stephen's Green

Edinburgh South	29 January 1886	Sir George Harrison	Independent Liberal	Hugh Culling Eardley Childers	Liberal	Death

Croydon	27 January 1886	William Grantham	Conservative	Sidney Herbert	Conservative	Resignation (High Court Judge)

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

Sentence(s)

Thomas Hope was the MP for Linlithgowshire, winning it in the 1893 by-election.
Thomas Hope was the Tory MP for Linlithgowshire, won in the 1893 by-election.
Thomas Hope was the MP for Linlithgowshire winning in the 1893 election.

final_sentence: Thomas Hope was the MP for Linlithgowshire, winning it in the 1893 by-election.
final_sentence: Thomas Hope was the Tory MP for Linlithgowshire, won in the 1893 by-election.
final_sentence: Thomas Hope was the MP for Linlithgowshire winning in the 1893 election.