# List of English by-elections (1701–1707)

This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in England held between 1701 and 1707, with the names of the previous incumbent and the victor in the by-election.
In the absence of a comprehensive and reliable source, for party and factional alignments in this period, no attempt is made to define them in this article. The House of Commons: 1690-1715 provides some guidance to the complex and shifting political relationships, but it is significant that the compilers of that work make no attempt to produce a definitive list of each members allegiances.

## Dates

During this period England counted its legal year as beginning on 25 March. For the purposes of this list the year is considered to have started on 1 January.

## By-elections

The c/u column denotes whether the by-election was a contested poll or an unopposed return. If the winner was re-elected, at the next general election and any intermediate by-elections, this is indicated by an * following the c or u. In a few cases the winner was elected at the next general election but had not been re-elected in a by-election after the one noted. In those cases no * symbol is used.

### 4th Parliament of William III (1701)

| Date | Constituency | c/u | Former Incumbent | Winner | Cause |
| 19 February 1701 | Amersham | u* | Sir John Garrard | John Drake | Death |
| 21 February 1701 | Hertford | c* | Thomas Filmer | Richard Goulston | Death |
| 21 February 1701 | Northampton | c* | William Thursby | Thomas Andrew | Death |
| 25 February 1701 | Droitwich | u | Thomas Foley | Philip Foley | Death |
| 3 March 1701 | Newport (I.o.W.) | u | The Lord Cutts | Henry Greenhill | Chose to sit for Cambridgeshire |
| 4 March 1701 | Steyning | c | Sir John Fagg | Sir Robert Fagg | Death |
| 4 March 1701 | Truro | u | Hugh Fortescue | Sir John Hawles | Chose to sit for Tregony |
| 5 March 1701 | Wareham | u | Thomas Erle | Sir Edward Ernle | Chose to sit for Portsmouth |
| 7 March 1701 | Bere Alston | u* | Sir Rowland Gwynne | William Cowper | Chose to sit for Breconshire |
| 10 March 1701 | Amersham | u | The Viscount Newhaven | Sir Samuel Garrard | Chose to sit for Buckinghamshire |
| 17 March 1701 | Taunton | c* | Henry Seymour Portman | Sir Francis Warre | Chose to sit for Wells |
| 18 March 1701 | Bramber | u* | Thomas Stringer | Francis Seymour Conway | Chose to sit for Clitheroe |
| 19 March 1701 | St Albans | c* | Joshua Lomax | John Gape | Void Election |
| 19 March 1701 | Thetford | u* | Joseph Williamson | Thomas Hanmer | Chose to sit for Rochester |
| 20 March 1701 | City of London | c | Gilbert Heathcote | Sir John Fleet | Expulsion |
| 21 March 1701 | Bossiney | u | Francis Robartes | Thomas Watson Wentworth | Chose to sit for Tregony |
| 21 March 1701 | Oxford University | c* | Sir Christopher Musgrave | William Bromley | Chose to sit for Westmorland |
| 22 March 1701 | Saltash | u* | Alexander Pendarves | Thomas Carew | Chose to sit for Penryn |
| 2 April 1701 | St Germans | u | John Speccot | Daniel Eliot | Chose to sit for Cornwall |
| 7 April 1701 | Sandwich | c | Sir Henry Furnese | John Michel | Expulsion |
| 16 April 1701 | Steyning | c* | Sir Robert Fagg | Charles Goring | By-election voided 10 April 1701 |
| 18 April 1701 | Lostwithiel | c* | John Buller | George Booth | Death |
| 29 April 1701 | Merionethshire | u* | Hugh Nanney | Richard Vaughan | Death |
| 30 April 1701 | Castle Rising | u | Thomas Howard | Robert Cecil | Death |
| 31 May 1701 | Morpeth | u | William Howard | Sir Richard Sandford | Chose to sit for Northumberland |
| 25 June 1701 | Cornwall | u | Hugh Boscawen | Richard Edgcumbe | Death |
| 9 July 1701 | Salisbury | u* | Thomas Mompesson | Charles Fox | Death |

### 5th Parliament of William III (1701–1702)

| Date | Constituency | c/u | Former Incumbent | Winner | Cause |
| 27 January 1702 | Exeter | u* | Sir Bartholomew Shower | John Snell | Death |
| 27 January 1702 | Portsmouth | u | Thomas Erle | John Gibson | Chose to sit for Wareham |
| 27 January 1702 | Seaford | u | Sir William Thomas | Thomas Chowne | Chose to sit for Sussex |
| 2 February 1702 | Castle Rising | u | The Earl of Ranelagh | Marquess of Hartington | Chose to sit for West Looe |
| 2 February 1702 | Flint Boroughs | u | Sir Thomas Hanmer | Sir John Conway | Chose to sit for Thetford |
| 3 February 1702 | Northallerton | u | Robert Dormer | Daniel Lascelles | Chose to sit for Buckinghamshire |
| 4 February 1702 | Dorchester | u* | Thomas Trenchard | Sir Nathaniel Napier | Chose to sit for Dorset |
| 4 February 1702 | East Looe | u | Francis Godolphin | George Courtenay | Chose to sit for Helston |
| 4 February 1702 | Plymouth | u* | Henry Trelawny | John Woolcombe | Death |
| 5 February 1702 | Milborne Port | c* | Henry Thynne | John Hunt | Chose to sit for Tamworth |
| 5 February 1702 | Saltash | u* | James Buller | Benjamin Buller | Chose to sit for Cornwall |
| 5 February 1702 | Weymouth and Melcombe Regis | c* | Maurice Ashley | Anthony Henley | Chose to sit for Wiltshire |
| 9 February 1702 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | u* | Francis Blake | Jonathan Hutchinson | Chose to sit for Northumberland |
| 12 February 1702 | Truro | u | William Scawen | Robert Cotton | Chose to sit for Grampound |
| 19 February 1702 | Cockermouth | c* | Goodwin Wharton | Thomas Lamplugh | Chose to sit for Buckinghamshire |
| 7 March 1702 | Newport (I.o.W.) | u | The Lord Cutts | James Stanhope | Chose to sit for Cambridgeshire |
| 23 March 1702 | Calne | u* | Sir Charles Hedges | Henry Chivers | Election voided due to a Double Return |
| 23 March 1702 | Calne | u* | Edward Bayntun | Henry Chivers | Election voided due to a Double Return |
| 13 April 1702 | Higham Ferrers | u* | Thomas Ekins | Thomas Pemberton | Death |

### 1st Parliament of Anne (1702–1705)

| Date | Constituency | c/u | Former Incumbent | Winner | Cause |
| 14 November 1702 | Devizes | u | Sir Francis Child | John Child | Chose to sit for City of London |
| 21 November 1702 | Malmesbury | u | Sir Charles Hedges | Thomas Boucher | Chose to sit for Calne |
| 23 November 1702 | Hedon | u* | Sir Charles Duncombe | Anthony Duncombe | Chose to sit for Downton |
| 23 November 1702 | Northallerton | u* | Sir William Hustler | Robert Dormer | Chose to sit for Ripon |
| 24 November 1702 | Lewes | u | Thomas Pelham | Sir Nicholas Pelham | Chose to sit for Sussex |
| 24 November 1702 | Wareham | u | George Pitt | Sir Josiah Child | Chose to sit for Hampshire |
| 25 November 1702 | Marlborough | c | John Jeffreys | Edward Jeffreys | Chose to sit for Breconshire |
| 25 November 1702 | Southwark | c* | Charles Cox | Charles Cox | Void Election |
| 25 November 1702 | Southwark | c* | John Cholmley | John Cholmley | Void Election |
| 26 November 1702 | Truro | u | Thomas Powys | Philip Meadowes | Chose to sit for Ludlow |
| 27 November 1702 | Totnes | u | Sir Christopher Musgrave | William Seymour | Chose to sit for Westmorland |
| 28 November 1702 | Tiverton | u* | Lord Spencer | Robert Burridge | Succeeded to a peerage |
| 1 December 1702 | Bletchingley | c | John Evelyn | Sir Robert Clayton | Death |
| 2 December 1702 | Bodmin | u* | John Grubham Howe | Russell Robartes | Chose to sit for Gloucestershire |
| 2 December 1702 | Flint Boroughs | u | Sir Roger Mostyn | Thomas Mostyn | Chose to sit for Cheshire |
| 3 December 1702 | West Looe | u | Sidney Godolphin | Richard Hele | Chose to sit for Helston |
| 14 December 1702 | Colchester | u* | Isaac Rebow | Isaac Rebow | Void Election |
| 14 December 1702 | Tamworth | c* | Henry Thynne | Joseph Girdler | Chose to sit for Weymouth |
| 21 December 1702 | Aylesbury | c | Sir John Pakington | Simon Harcourt | Chose to sit for Worcestershire |
| 26 December 1702 | Stafford | u* | John Chetwynd | Walter Chetwynd | Death |
| 29 December 1702 | Gloucester | c* | John Grubham Howe | John Hanbury | Chose to sit for Gloucestershire |
| 31 December 1702 | Newton | u | John Grubham Howe | Thomas Legh | Chose to sit for Gloucestershire |
| 31 December 1702 | Portsmouth | u* | Thomas Erle | William Gifford | Chose to sit for Wareham |
| 11 January 1703 | Lancashire | u | James Stanley | Richard Assheton | Succeeded to a peerage |
| 25 January 1703 | Saltash | u | Benjamin Buller | John Rolle | Death |
| 8 February 1703 | Sudbury | c | Joseph Haskin Stiles | Joseph Haskin Stiles | Void Election |
| 8 February 1703 | Sudbury | c | Joseph Haskin Stiles | George Dashwood | By-election results reversed on petition 6 December 1703 |
| 10 February 1703 | Lincolnshire | u | Charles Dymoke | Lewis Dymoke | Death |
| 3 March 1703 | Devizes | u | John Child | Francis Merewether | Death |
| 31 March 1703 | West Looe | u | Richard Hele | Henry Poley | Chose to sit for Plympton Erle |
| 31 March 1703 | West Looe | u | The Earl of Ranelagh | Charles Seymour | Expelled |
| 22 November 1703 | Bury St Edmunds | c* | John Hervey | Sir Robert Davers | Elevated to the peerage |
| 22 November 1703 | Higham Ferrers | u* | Thomas Pemberton | Thomas Watson Wentworth | Death |
| 22 November 1703 | Oxford University | c* | Heneage Finch | Sir William Whitelock | Elevated to the peerage |
| 24 November 1703 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | c* | John Leveson Gower | John Crewe Offley | Elevated to the peerage |
| 26 November 1703 | Bramber | c | Francis Seymour Conway | John Middleton | Elevated to the peerage |
| 26 November 1703 | Tavistock | c* | Lord Robert Russell | James Bulteel | Death |
| 29 November 1703 | Beaumaris | u | Robert Bulkeley | Coningsby Williams | Death |
| 30 November 1703 | Callington | u* | John Acland | Sir William Coryton | Death |
| 7 December 1703 | Newton | u* | Thomas Legh | John Ward | Death |
| 8 December 1703 | Cornwall | u* | John Granville | Sir Richard Vyvyan | Elevated to the peerage |
| 22 December 1703 | Norwich | c(*) | Robert Davy | Thomas Palgrave | Death |
| 13 January 1704 | Petersfield | u* | Richard Markes | Leonard Bilson | Death |
| 17 January 1704 | Camelford | u* | Henry Manaton | William Pole | Chose to sit for Tavistock |
| 1 February 1704 | Bramber | c | John Middleton | Samuel Sambrooke | Void Election |
| 22 February 1704 | Wareham | u | Sir Josiah Child | Sir Edward Ernle | Death |
| 29 March 1704 | Nottinghamshire | u | Gervase Eyre | John Thornhagh | Death |
| 18 April 1704 | Lancashire | u | Richard Bold | Richard Fleetwood | Death |
| 2 November 1704 | Northampton | c* | Bartholomew Tate | Francis Arundell | Death |
| 3 November 1704 | Maidstone | c | Sir Robert Marsham | Heneage Finch | Void Election |
| 3 November 1704 | Maidstone | c* | Sir Thomas Roberts | Thomas Bliss | Void Election |
| 4 November 1704 | New Romney | u* | Sir Benjamin Bathurst | Walter Whitfield | Death |
| 7 November 1704 | Hindon | c | George Morley | Thomas Jervoise | Void Election |
| 8 November 1704 | Buckinghamshire | c* | Goodwin Wharton | Sir Richard Temple | Death |
| 8 November 1704 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | c | John Crewe Offley | John Crewe Offley | By-Election voided 1 February 1704 |
| 22 November 1704 | Haslemere | u | Lewis Oglethorpe | Thomas Heath | Death |
| 24 November 1704 | Aylesbury | c | James Herbert | Sir Henry Parker | Death |
| 30 November 1704 | Anglesey | u* | The Viscount Bulkeley | The Viscount Bulkeley | Death |
| 30 November 1704 | Westmorland | u | Sir Christopher Musgrave | William Fleming | Death |

### 2nd Parliament of Anne (1705–1707)

| Date | Constituency | c/u | Former Incumbent | Winner | Cause |
| 26 November 1705 | Brackley | u | John Sidney | Harry Mordaunt | Succeeded to a peerage |
| 26 November 1705 | Chichester | u | William Elson | Thomas Onslow | Death |
| 26 November 1705 | Chippenham | c | Walter White | Viscount Mordaunt | Death |
| 26 November 1705 | Reading | u | Tanfield Vachell | Sir William Rich | Death |
| 27 November 1705 | Marlborough | c* | Edward Ashe | Earl of Hertford | Chose to sit for Heytesbury |
| 28 November 1705 | Warwickshire | u* | Sir Charles Shuckburgh | Andrew Archer | Death |
| 29 November 1705 | Castle Rising | u* | Sir Robert Clayton | William Feilding | Chose to sit for City of London |
| 30 November 1705 | Truro | u | Hugh Boscawen | Peregrine Bertie | Chose to sit for Cornwall |
| 1 December 1705 | Bere Alston | u* | William Cowper | Spencer Cowper | Appointed Lord Keeper of the Great Seal |
| 1 December 1705 | Bury St Edmunds | u* | Sir Robert Davers | Aubrey Porter | Chose to sit for Suffolk |
| 3 December 1705 | Buckingham | c | Sir Richard Temple | Browne Willis | Chose to sit for Buckinghamshire |
| 3 December 1705 | Northallerton | c* | Robert Dormer | Roger Gale | Chose to sit for Buckinghamshire |
| 4 December 1705 | St Germans | u* | Samuel Rolle | Edward Eliot | Chose to sit for Callington |
| 6 December 1705 | Richmond | u | Wharton Dunch | William Walsh | Death |
| 7 December 1705 | Great Bedwyn | u* | Sir George Byng | Lord Bruce | Chose to sit for Plymouth |
| 7 December 1705 | Lymington | u | Thomas Dore | Marquess of Winchester | Death |
| 15 December 1705 | Colchester | c* | Edward Bullock | Sir Thomas Webster | Death |
| 2 January 1706 | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | u* | Sir William Blackett | Sir Henry Liddell | Death |
| 1 February 1706 | Cardiff Boroughs | u* | Thomas Mansel | Sir John Aubrey | Death |
| 27 February 1706 | Buckinghamshire | u | Robert Dormer | William Egerton | Appointed Puisne Justice of the Common Pleas |
| 2 March 1706 | Wootton Bassett | u* | John Morton Pleydell | Francis Popham | Death |
| 5 March 1706 | Bishop's Castle | u | Charles Mason | Henry Newport | Chose to sit for Montgomery Boroughs |
| 11 December 1706 | Devizes | c* | John Methuen | Josiah Diston | Death |
| 11 December 1706 | Oxford | c* | Francis Norreys | Sir John Walter | Death |
| 12 December 1706 | Seaford | c* | Sir William Thomas | George Naylor | Death |
| 16 December 1706 | Sudbury | u* | Sir Gervase Elwes | Sir Hervey Elwes | Death |
| 17 December 1706 | Bodmin | c | John Hoblyn | Thomas Herne | Death |
| 23 December 1706 | Nottingham | u* | William Pierrepont | John Plumptre | Death |
| 27 December 1706 | Clitheroe | c(*) | Thomas Stringer | Daniel Harvey | Death (Two MPs elected due to a Double Return) |
| 27 December 1706 | Clitheroe | c(*) | Thomas Stringer | Christopher Parker | Death (Two MPs elected due to a Double Return) |
| 27 December 1706 | Clitheroe | c(*) | Daniel Harvey | Daniel Harvey | Harvey declared elected 22 January 1707 |
| 27 December 1706 | Clitheroe | c(*) | Christopher Parker | Daniel Harvey | Harvey declared elected 22 January 1707 |
| 27 December 1706 | Preston | c* | Edward Rigby | Arthur Maynwaring | Death |
| 1 January 1707 | Yorkshire | c | Sir John Kaye | The Lord Fairfax of Cameron | Death |
| 21 January 1707 | Essex | u* | Lord Walden | Thomas Middleton | Elevated to the peerage |
| 21 January 1707 | Newport (Cornwall) | u | John Sparke | Sir John Pole | Death |
| 23 January 1707 | West Looe | u | John Mountstephen | Francis Palmes | Death |
| 20 February 1707 | Bath | c* | Alexander Popham | Samuel Trotman | Death |
| 20 February 1707 | Westmorland | u | Henry Graham | Michael Fleming | Death |
| 25 February 1707 | Coventry | c* | Sir Christopher Hales | Sir Orlando Bridgeman | Void Election |
| 25 February 1707 | Coventry | c* | Thomas Gery | Edward Hopkins | Void Election |
| 3 March 1707 | Newport (I.o.W.) | u* | The Lord Cutts | Sir Tristram Dillington | Death |
| 5 March 1707 | County Durham | u | Sir William Bowes | John Tempest | Death |
| 4 April 1707 | Horsham | u | Henry Cowper | Henry Goring | Death |