List of United Kingdom by-elections (1868–1885) explained

This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom held between 1868 and 1885, with the names of the previous incumbent and the victor in the by-election and their respective parties. Where seats changed political party at the election, the result is highlighted: light blue for a Conservative gain, orange for a Liberal (including Liberal-Labour and Liberal/Crofter) gain, light green for a Home Government Association (1870–1873), Home Rule League (1873–1882) or Irish Parliamentary Party (from 1882) gain and grey for any other gain.

Resignations

See Resignation from the British House of Commons for more details.

Where the cause of by-election is given as "resignation" or "seeks re-election", this indicates that the incumbent was appointed on his own request to an "office of profit under the Crown", either the Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds or the Steward of the Manor of Northstead. These appointments are made as a constitutional device for leaving the House of Commons, whose Members are not permitted to resign.

By-elections

22nd Parliament (1880–1885)
By-election	Date	Former incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause
Horsham	16 July 1885	Sir Henry Fletcher		Sir Henry Fletcher		Groom in Waiting
Aylesbury	16 July 1885	Sir Nathan Rothschild		Ferdinand James de Rothschild		Elevation to a peerage
Chatham	11 July 1885	John Eldon Gorst		Sir John Eldon Gorst		Solicitor General for England and Wales
North Lincolnshire	10 July 1885	Rowland Winn		Henry Atkinson		Resignation and Elevation to a peerage
Brighton	10 July 1885	William Thackeray Marriott		William Thackeray Marriott		Judge Advocate General
Down	8 July 1885	Lord Arthur Hill		Lord Arthur Hill		Comptroller of the Household
West Kent	6 July 1885	Viscount Lewisham		Viscount Lewisham		Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
East Devon	4 July 1885	William Hood Walrond		William Hood Walrond		Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Bute	3 July 1885	Charles Dalrymple		Charles Dalrymple		Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
South Wiltshire	3 July 1885	Viscount Folkestone		Viscount Folkestone		Treasurer of the Household
Middlesex	3 July 1885	Lord George Hamilton		Lord George Hamilton		First Lord of the Admiralty
Woodstock	3 July 1885	Lord Randolph Churchill		Lord Randolph Churchill		Secretary of State for India
North Leicestershire	2 July 1885	Lord John Manners		Lord John Manners		Postmaster General
North Lancashire	2 July 1885	Frederick Stanley		Frederick Stanley		Secretary of State for the Colonies
Mid Kent	2 July 1885	Sir William Hart Dyke		Sir William Hart Dyke		Chief Secretary for Ireland
North Devon	2 July 1885	Sir Stafford Northcote		John Moore-Stevens		First Lord of the Treasury and elevation to a peerage
Wilton	2 July 1885	Sidney Herbert		Sidney Herbert		Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Wakefield	2 July 1885	Robert Bownas Mackie		Edward Green		Death
Dublin University	1 July 1885	David Plunket		David Plunket		First Commissioner of Works
		Edward Gibson		Hugh Holmes		Lord Chancellor of Ireland
Mid Lincolnshire	1 July 1885	Henry Chaplin		Henry Chaplin		Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
		Edward Stanhope		Edward Stanhope		President of the Board of Trade
South West Lancashire	1 July 1885	Richard Assheton Cross		Richard Assheton Cross		Home Secretary
East Gloucestershire	1 July 1885	Sir Michael Hicks-Beach		Sir Michael Hicks-Beach		Chancellor of the Exchequer
Launceston	1 July 1885	Sir Hardinge Giffard		Richard Everard Webster		Hereditary Peerage on appointment as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
Eye	1 July 1885	Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett		Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett		Civil Lord of the Admiralty
Hertford	30 June 1885	Arthur James Balfour		Arthur James Balfour		President of the Local Government Board
Westminster	29 June 1885	William Henry Smith		William Henry Smith		Secretary of State for War
Denbighshire	27 May 1885	Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn		Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn		Death
Antrim	21 May 1885	James Chaine		William Pirrie Sinclair		Death
Glasgow	12 March 1885	George Anderson		Thomas Russell		Resignation
West Gloucestershire	10 March 1885	Robert Kingscote		Benjamin St John Ackers		Resignation (Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues)
Mid Somerset	4 March 1885	William Gore-Langton		John Wingfield-Digby		Resignation
Tipperary	12 January 1885	Patrick James Smyth		John O'Connor		Resignation (Secretary to the Irish Loan Fund Board)
Knaresborough	9 December 1884	Thomas Collins		Robert Gunter		Death
Down	27 November 1884	Viscount Castlereagh		Richard William Blackwood Ker		Succession to a peerage
Greenock	26 November 1884	James Stewart		Thomas Sutherland		Resignation
Scarborough	26 November 1884	William Sproston Caine		William Sproston Caine		Civil Lord of the Admiralty
Hackney	19 November 1884	Henry Fawcett		James Stuart		Death
South Warwickshire	7 November 1884	Gilbert Leigh		Sampson Samuel Lloyd		Death
Scarborough	3 November 1884	John George Dodson		Richard Fell Steble		Resignation and Elevation to a peerage
Stirling Burghs	31 October 1884	Henry Campbell-Bannerman		Henry Campbell-Bannerman		Chief Secretary for Ireland
Radnor Boroughs	30 October 1884	Samuel Williams		data-sort-value="Rogers, Charles"	Charles Rogers		Resignation
Waterford County	25 August 1884	John Aloysius Blake		Patrick Joseph Power		Resignation
Ross and Cromarty	19 August 1884	Sir Alexander Matheson		Ronald Munro Ferguson		Reignation
South Devon	14 August 1884	John Carpenter Garnier		John Tremayne		Resignation
North Warwickshire	30 June 1884	William Bromley-Davenport		Philip Alfred Muntz		Death
Leicester	27 June 1884	Peter Alfred Taylor		James Allanson Picton		Resignation
Mid Surrey	20 June 1884	Sir Henry Peek		Sir John Ellis		Resignation
South Hampshire	20 June 1884	Lord Henry Scott		Sir Frederick Fitzwygram		Resignation
Athlone	14 June 1884	Sir John James Ennis		Justin Huntly McCarthy		Death
Lincoln	14 June 1884	John Hinde Palmer		Joseph Ruston		Death
Mid Kent	15 May 1884	Sir Edmund Filmer		John Gathorne-Hardy		Resignation
Poole	17 April 1884	Charles Schreiber		William James Harris		Death
Huntingdon	21 March 1884	Viscount Hichingbrooke		Sir Robert Peel		Succession to a peerage
Cambridgeshire	20 March 1884	Henry Brand		Arthur Thornhill		Elevation to a peerage
Brighton	1 March 1884	William Thackeray Marriott		William Thackeray Marriott		Resignation to seek re-election for new party
South Lincolnshire	21 February 1884	Sir William Welby-Gregory		Murray Finch-Hatton		Resignation
Meath	23 February 1884	Robert Henry Metge		William Meagher		Resignation
Cork City	23 February 1884	John Daly		John Deasy		Resignation
West Norfolk	21 February 1884	George Bentinck		Clare Sewell Read		Resignation
Northampton	19 February 1884	Charles Bradlaugh		Charles Bradlaugh		Resignation to seek re-election
Paisley	15 February 1884	William Holms		Stewart Clark		Resignation
West Somerset	15 February 1884	Mordaunt Bisset		Charles Isaac Elton		Resignation
Londonderry County	12 January 1884	Andrew Marshall Porter		Samuel Walker		Resignation (Master of the Rolls in Ireland)
Wigan	21 December 1883	Thomas Knowles		Nathaniel Eckersley		Death
Ipswich	12 December 1883	Thomas Clement Cobbold		Henry Wyndham West		Death
York	22 November 1883	Joseph Johnson Leeman		Sir Frederick Milner		Death
Limerick City	16 November 1883	Richard O'Shaughnessy		Edward McMahon		Resignation (Registrar of Petty Sessions Clerks in Ireland)
Manchester	4 October 1883	Hugh Birley		William Houldsworth		Death
Rutland	31 August 1883	Gerard Noel		James Lowther		Resignation
East Essex	25 August 1883	Samuel Ruggles-Brise		Charles Hedley Strutt		Resignation
Sligo County	18 August 1883	Denis Maurice O'Conor		Nicholas Lynch		Death
Wexford Borough	17 July 1883	Timothy Michael Healy		Willie Redmond		Resignation to contest Monaghan
Monaghan	30 June 1883	John Givan		Timothy Michael Healy		Resignation (Crown Solicitor for the counties of Meath and Kildare)
Hastings	29 June 1883	Charles James Murray		Henry Bret Ince		Resignation
Peterborough	22 June 1883	Hampden Whalley		Sir Sydney Buxton		Resignation
North Leicestershire	18 June 1883	Edwyn Sherard Burnaby		Montagu Curzon		Death
Wexford County	15 June 1883	Garrett Michael Byrne		John Francis Small		Resignation
Derby	12 June 1883	Michael Thomas Bass		Thomas Roe		Resignation
Southampton	7 April 1883	Charles Parker Butt		Alfred Giles		Resignation (Judge of High Court)
Tipperary	23 March 1883	John Dillon		Thomas Mayne		Resignation
Mid Cheshire	14 March 1883	Wilbraham Egerton		Alan Egerton		Succession to a peerage
Wycombe	10 March 1883	William Carington		Gerard Smith		Resignation
Portarlington	28 February 1883	Bernard FitzPatrick		Robert French-Brewster		Succession to a peerage
Westmeath	27 February 1883	Henry Joseph Gill		Timothy Charles Harrington		Resignation
Dublin County	27 February 1883	Thomas Edward Taylor		Edward King-Harman		Death
Newcastle upon Tyne	24 February 1883	Ashton Wentworth Dilke		John Morley		Resignation
Haddingtonshire	5 February 1883	Francis, Lord Elcho		Hugo, Lord Elcho		Succession to a peerage
Mallow	24 January 1883	William Moore Johnson		William O'Brien		Resignation (Judge of High Court in Ireland)
Chelsea	11 January 1883	Sir Charles Dilke		Sir Charles Dilke		President of the Local Government Board
Liverpool	8 December 1882	Viscount Sandon		Samuel Smith		Succession to a peerage
Wigan	2 December 1882	Francis Powell		Algernon Egerton		Void election
Cambridge University	23–28 November 1882	Spencer Horatio Walpole		Henry Cecil Raikes		Resignation
Preston	23 November 1882	Henry Cecil Raikes		William Tomlinson		Resignation to contest Cambridge University
Salisbury	20 November 1882	William Grenfell		Coleridge John Kennard		Groom in Waiting
Ennis	14 November 1882	James Lysaght Finegan		Matthew Joseph Kenny		Resignation
Edinburgh	3 November 1882	James Cowan		Samuel Danks Waddy		Resignation
Haddington Burghs	22 August 1882	Sir David Wedderburn		Alexander Craig Sellar		Resignation
Halifax	21 August 1882	John Dyson Hutchinson		Thomas Shaw		Resignation
Banffshire	19 June 1882	Robert William Duff		Robert William Duff		Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Hawick Burghs	18 May 1882	George Otto Trevelyan		George Otto Trevelyan		Chief Secretary for Ireland
Northern West Riding of Yorkshire	18 May 1882	Lord Frederick Cavendish		Isaac Holden		Chief Secretary for Ireland^[1]
West Somerset	26 April 1882	Vaughan Lee		Edward James Stanley		Resignation
Meath	17 April 1882	Michael Davitt		Edward Sheil		Disqualification
East Cornwall	31 March 1882	Thomas Agar-Robartes		Thomas Dyke Acland		Succession to a peerage
Caernarvon Boroughs	28 March 1882	William Bulkeley Hughes		Love Jones-Parry		Death
Malmesbury	7 March 1882	Walter Powell		Charles William Miles		Presumed death^[2]
Northampton	2 March 1882	Charles Bradlaugh		Charles Bradlaugh		Expulsion
Meath	24 February 1882	Alexander Martin Sullivan		Michael Davitt		Resignation
Taunton	16 February 1882	Sir William Palliser		Samuel Charles Allsopp		Death
Westminster	10 February 1882	Sir Charles Russell		Lord Algernon Percy		Resignation
Preston	2 February 1882	Sir John Holker		Henry Cecil Raikes		Resignation
North Riding of Yorkshire	24 January 1882	Viscount Helmsley		Guy Cuthbert Dawnay		Death
Carmarthen Boroughs	7 January 1882	Benjamin Thomas Williams		John Jones Jenkins		Resignation (county court Judge)
Londonderry County	6 December 1881	Hugh Law		Andrew Marshall Porter		Lord Chancellor of Ireland
Stafford	19 November 1881^[3]	Alexander Macdonald		Thomas Salt		Died
Tiverton	14 November 1881	William Nathaniel Massey		Viscount Ebrington		Died
Berwick-upon-Tweed	26 October 1881	Sir Dudley Marjoribanks		Hubert Jerningham		Elevation to a peerage
Tyrone	7 September 1881	Edward Falconer Litton		Thomas Alexander Dickson		Resignation (Land Commissioner)
Cambridgeshire	7 September 1881	Benjamin Rodwell		James Redfoord Bulwer		Resignation
North Durham	2 September 1881	John Joicey		Sir George Elliot		Died
North Lincolnshire	1 September 1881	Robert Laycock		James Lowther		Died
Elgin Burghs	27 August 1881	Alexander Asher		Alexander Asher		Solicitor General for Scotland
Edinburgh	24 August 1881	John McLaren		Thomas Buchanan		Resignation (Judge of the Court of Session)
Leeds	24 August 1881	Herbert John Gladstone		Herbert John Gladstone		Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Elgin Burghs	15 July 1881	M. E. Grant Duff		Alexander Asher		Resignation (Governor of Madras
Preston	20 May 1881	Edward Hermon		William Farrer Ecroyd		Death
Knaresborough	12 May 1881	Sir Henry Meysey-Thompson		Thomas Collins		Void election
West Cheshire	22 April 1881	Sir Philip Grey Egerton		Henry James Tollemache		Death
Sunderland	12 April 1881	Sir Henry Havelock-Allan		Samuel Storey		Resignation
St Ives	11 April 1881	Sir Charles Reed		Charles Campbell Ross		Died
Northampton	9 April 1881	Charles Bradlaugh		Charles Bradlaugh		Voted before taking Oath
Coventry	12 March 1881	Sir Henry Jackson		Henry Eaton		Resignation
East Cumberland	26 February 1881	Sir Richard Musgrave		George Howard		Death
South Northamptonshire	15 February 1881	Fairfax Cartwright		Pickering Phipps		Death
New Ross	31 January 1881	Joseph William Foley		John Edward Redmond		Resignation
Edinburgh	27 January 1881	Duncan McLaren		John McLaren		Resignation
Wigan	18 January 1881^[4]	Lord Lindsay		Francis Powell		Succession to a peerage
Kendal	16 December 1880	John Whitwell		James Cropper		Death
Reading	15 December 1880	George John Shaw-Lefevre		George John Shaw-Lefevre		First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings
Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire	1 December 1880	William Patrick Adam		John Balfour		Resignation (Governor of Madras)
Renfrewshire	30 November 1880	William Mure		Alexander Crum		Death
Caernarvonshire	30 November 1880	Charles James Watkin Williams		William Rathbone		Resignation (Judge of Queen's Bench Division of High Court)
Wexford Borough	26 November 1880	William Archer Redmond		Timothy Michael Healy		Death
Liverpool	6 August 1880	Lord Ramsay		Lord Claud Hamilton		Succession to a peerage
Wigtown Burghs	30 July 1880	Mark John Stewart		Sir John Dalrymple-Hay		Void election
Scarborough	30 July 1880	Sir Harcourt Johnstone		John George Dodson		Resignation
Berwick-upon-Tweed	19 July 1880^[5]	Henry Strutt		David Milne Home		Succession to a peerage
Lichfield	15 July 1880	Richard Dyott		Theophilus John Levett		Void election
Bewdley	12 July 1880	Charles Harrison		Enoch Baldwin		Void election
Tewkesbury	9 July 1880	William Edwin Price		Richard Biddulph Martin		Void election
Plymouth	8 July 1880	Edward Bates		Edward Clarke		Void election
Evesham	8 July 1880^[6]	Daniel Rowlinson Ratcliff		Frederick Lehmann		Void election
				Frederick Dixon-Hartland		By-election result reversed on petition (1881)
Bute	3 July 1880^[7]	Thomas Russell		Charles Dalrymple		Void election
Gravesend	1 July 1880	Thomas Bevan		Sir Sydney Waterlow		Void election
Wallingford	30 June 1880	Walter Wren		Pandeli Ralli		Void election
Bandon	25 June 1880^[8]	Percy Bernard		Richard Lane Allman		Resignation in exchange for withdrawal of election petition
Dungannon	25 June 1880	Thomas Alexander Dickson		James Dickson		Void election
London University	3 June 1880	Robert Lowe		Sir John Lubbock		Elevation to the peerage
Mayo	31 May 1880	Charles Stewart Parnell		Isaac Nelson		Chose to sit for Cork
Louth	31 May 1880	Alexander Martin Sullivan		Henry Bellingham		Resignation to contest Meath
Derby	26 May 1880	Samuel Plimsoll		William Vernon Harcourt		Resignation
Wycombe	26 May 1880	William Carington		William Carington		Groom in Waiting
Meath	22 May 1880	Charles Stewart Parnell		Alexander Martin Sullivan		Chose to sit for Cork
Londonderry County	21 May 1880	Hugh Law		Hugh Law		Attorney General for Ireland
Sandwich	18 May 1880^[9]	Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen		Charles Henry Compton Roberts		Resignation and Elevation to the peerage
Wigtown Burghs	18 May 1880	John McLaren		Mark John Stewart		Lord Advocate
Mallow	17 May 1880	William Moore Johnson		William Moore Johnson		Solicitor General for Ireland
North East Lancashire	17 May 1880	Marquess of Hartington		Marquess of Hartington		Secretary of State for India
Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire	14 May 1880	William Patrick Adam		William Patrick Adam		First Commissioner of Works
Denbighshire	14 May 1880	George Osborne Morgan		George Osborne Morgan		Judge Advocate General
Radnor Boroughs	14 May 1880	Marquess of Hartington		Samuel Williams		Double Election, Chose to sit for North East Lancashire
Haverfordwest Boroughs	12 May 1880	The Lord Kensington		The Lord Kensington		Comptroller of the Household
Midlothian	10 May 1880	William Ewart Gladstone		William Ewart Gladstone		Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer
Shrewsbury	10 May 1880	Charles Cecil Cotes		Charles Cecil Cotes		Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Leeds	10 May 1880	William Ewart Gladstone		Herbert Gladstone		Double Election, chose to sit for Midlothian
Hastings	10 May 1880	Thomas Brassey		Thomas Brassey		Civil Lord of the Admiralty
Durham City	10 May 1880	Farrer Herschell		Farrer Herschell		Solicitor General for England and Wales
Taunton	8 May 1880	Sir Henry James		Sir Henry James		Attorney General for England and Wales
Sheffield	8 May 1880	Anthony John Mundella		Anthony John Mundella		Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education
Pontefract	8 May 1880	Hugh Childers		Hugh Childers		Secretary of State for War
Oxford	8 May 1880^[10]	William Vernon Harcourt		Alexander William Hall		Home Secretary
Nottingham	8 May 1880	John Skirrow Wright		Arnold Morley		Death
Marlborough	8 May 1880	Lord Charles Bruce		Lord Charles Bruce		Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
Kidderminster	8 May 1880	John Brinton		John Brinton		Sought re-election to preempt election petition
Chester	8 May 1880	John George Dodson		John George Dodson		President of the Local Government Board
Bradford	8 May 1880	William Edward Forster		William Edward Forster		Chief Secretary for Ireland
Birmingham	8 May 1880	John Bright		John Bright		Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
		Joseph Chamberlain		Joseph Chamberlain		President of the Board of Trade
Bath	8 May 1880	Sir Arthur Divett Hayter		Sir Arthur Divett Hayter		Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Hackney	7 May 1880^[11]	Henry Fawcett		Henry Fawcett		Postmaster General
		John Holms		John Holms		Lord Commissioner of the Treasury^[12]
21st Parliament (1874–1880)
By-election	Date	Former Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause
West Norfolk	8 March 1880	Sir William Bagge		William Tyssen-Amherst		Death
Drogheda	2 March 1880	William Hagarty O'Leary		Benjamin Whitworth		Death
Kilkenny City	27 February 1880	Benjamin Whitworth		John Francis Smithwick		Resignation in order to contest Drogheda
Southwark	13 February 1880	John Locke		Edward Clarke		Death
Barnstaple	12 February 1880	Samuel Danks Waddy		Viscount Lymington		Resignation in order to contest Sheffield
Liverpool	6 February 1880	John Torr		Edward Whitley		Death
Sheffield	22 December 1879	John Arthur Roebuck		Samuel Danks Waddy		Death
Donegal	15 December 1879	William Wilson		Thomas Lea		Death
Elginshire and Nairnshire	17 September 1879	Viscount Macduff		Sir George Macpherson-Grant		Succession to a peerage
Ennis	26 July 1879	William Stacpoole		James Lysaght Finegan		Death
Glasgow	16 July 1879	Alexander Whitelaw		Charles Clow Tennant		Death
Limerick City	23 May 1879	Isaac Butt		Daniel Fitzgerald Gabbett		Death
Clare	15 May 1879	Bryan O'Loghlen		James Patrick Mahon		Resignation (Attorney General of the Colony of Victoria)
Canterbury	8 May 1879	Lewis Majendie		Robert Peter Laurie		Resignation
East Cumberland	25 April 1879	Charles Howard		George Howard		Death
Cockermouth	16 April 1879	Isaac Fletcher		William Fletcher		Death
Longford	5 April 1879	Myles William O'Reilly		Justin McCarthy		Resignation (Assistant Commissioner of Intermediate Education in Ireland)
East Somerset	19 March 1879	Ralph Shuttleworth Allen		Lord Brooke		Resignation
Haddington Burghs	25 February 1879	Lord William Hay		Sir David Wedderburn		Succession to a peerage
South Warwickshire	21 February 1879	Earl of Yarmouth		Earl of Yarmouth		Comptroller of the Household
Cork County	17 February 1879	McCarthy Downing		David la Touche Colthurst		Death
Cambridgeshire	30 January 1879	Elliot Yorke		Edward Hicks		Death
North Norfolk	21 January 1879	James Duff		Edward Birkbeck		Death
Londonderry County	18 December 1878	Richard Smyth		Sir Thomas McClure		Death
New Ross	17 December 1878	John Dunbar		Charles George Tottenham		Death
Bristol	14 December 1878	Kirkman Daniel Hodgson		Lewis Fry		Resignation
Maldon	11 December 1878	George Sandford		George Courtauld		Resignation
Peterborough	29 October 1878	George Hammond Whalley		John Wentworth-FitzWilliam		Death
Truro	26 September 1878	Sir Frederick Williams		Arthur Tremayne		Death
Argyllshire	27 August 1878	Marquess of Lorne		Lord Colin Campbell		Resignation
Newcastle-under-Lyme	23 August 1878	Sir Edmund Buckley		Samuel Rathbone Edge		Resignation
Boston	12 August 1878	John Malcolm		Thomas Garfit		Resignation in order to contest Argyllshire
Haddington Burghs	3 August 1878	Sir Henry Ferguson Davie		Lord William Hay		Resignation
Flint Boroughs	5 July 1878	Peter Ellis Eyton		John Roberts		Death
Middlesbrough	4 July 1878	Henry Bolckow		Isaac Wilson		Death
Rochester	14 June 1878	Philip Wykeham Martin		Arthur Otway		Death
Southampton	14 June 1878	Russell Gurney		Alfred Giles		Death
Down	17 May 1878	James Sharman Crawford		Viscount Castlereagh		Death
Reading	17 May 1878	Sir Francis Goldsmid		George Palmer		Death
West Kent	15 May 1878	John Gilbert Talbot		Viscount Lewisham		Resignation in order to contest Oxford University
Oxford University	13–17 May 1878	Gathorne Hardy		John Gilbert Talbot		Elevation to the peerage
Carmarthen Boroughs	11 May 1878	Sir Arthur Cowell-Stepney		Benjamin Thomas Williams		Resignation
North Staffordshire	24 April 1878	Charles Adderley		Robert William Hanbury		Elevation to the peerage
Tamworth	24 April 1878	Robert William Hanbury		Hamar Alfred Bass		Resignation in order to contest North Staffordshire
South Northumberland	17 April 1878^[13]	Lord Eslington		Edward Ridley		Succession to a peerage
				Albert Grey
Middlesex	12 April 1878	Lord George Hamilton		Lord George Hamilton		Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education
North Lancashire	8 April 1878	Frederick Stanley		Frederick Stanley		Secretary of State for War
Belfast	2 April 1878	William Johnston		William Ewart		Resignation (Inspector of Fisheries in Ireland)
Worcester	28 March 1878	Alexander Clunes Sheriff		John Derby Allcroft		Death
East Somerset	20 March 1878	Richard Bright		Sir Philip Miles		Death
Mid Somerset	19 March 1878	Ralph Neville-Grenville		William Gore-Langton		Resignation
Hereford	14 March 1878	Evan Pateshall		George Arbuthnot		Resignation
Cirencester	12 March 1878	Allen Bathurst		Thomas William Chester-Master		Succession to a peerage
Canterbury	2 March 1878	Henry Munro-Butler-Johnstone		Alfred Gathorne-Hardy		Resignation
York	20 February 1878	James Lowther		James Lowther		Chief Secretary for Ireland
Oxfordshire	5 February 1878	Joseph Warner Henley		Edward William Harcourt		Resignation
Perthshire	2 February 1878	Sir William Stirling-Maxwell		Henry Edward Home-Drummond-Moray		Death
Marlborough	31 January 1878	Lord Ernest Brudenell-Bruce		Lord Charles Brudenell-Bruce		Succession to a peerage
Perth	29 January 1878	Arthur Kinnaird		Charles Stuart Parker		Succession to a peerage
Leith Burghs	29 January 1878	Donald Robert Macgregor		Andrew Grant		Resignation
Greenock	25 January 1878	James Johnston Grieve		James Stewart		Resignation
Clare	13 August 1877	Sir Colman O'Loghlen		Sir Bryan O'Loghlen		Death
North Northamptonshire	13 August 1877	George Ward Hunt		Sackville Stopford-Sackville		Death
Westminster	11 August 1877	William Henry Smith		William Henry Smith		First Lord of the Admiralty
South Shropshire	10 August 1877	Edward Corbett		Sir Baldwyn Leighton		Resignation
Great Grimsby	1 August 1877	John Chapman		Alfred Watkin		Death
Huntingdonshire	29 June 1877	Henry Carstairs Pelly		Viscount Mandeville		Death
Dungarvan	23 June 1877	John O'Keeffe		Frank Hugh O'Donnell		Death
Tipperary	15 May 1877	William Frederick Ormond O'Callaghan		Edmund Dwyer Gray		Death
Montgomery Boroughs	15 May 1877	Hon. Charles Hanbury-Tracy		Hon. Frederick Hanbury-Tracy		Succession to a peerage
Salford	19 April 1877	Charles Edward Cawley		Oliver Ormerod Walker		Death
Launceston	3 March 1877	James Henry Deakin (junior)		Sir Hardinge Stanley Giffard		Resignation
Oldham	1 March 1877	John Morgan Cobbett		John Tomlinson Hibbert		Death
Halifax	20 February 1877	John Crossley		John Dyson Hutchinson		Resignation
Wilton	19 February 1877	Sir Edmund Antrobus		Hon. Sidney Herbert		Resignation
Dublin University	13 February 1877	Edward Gibson		Edward Gibson		Attorney-General for Ireland
Waterford County	20 January 1877	Sir John Esmonde		James Delahunty		Death
Sligo County	12 January 1877	Sir Robert Gore-Booth		Edward Robert King-Harman		Death
Liskeard	22 December 1876	Edward Horsman		Leonard Courtney		Death
Frome	23 November 1876	Henry Lopes		Henry Samuelson		Resignation (Judge of the High Court of Justice)
Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities	6–10 November 1876	Edward Strathearn Gordon		William Watson		Resignation (Lords of Appeal in Ordinary)
South Shropshire	3 November 1876	Percy Egerton Herbert		John Edmund Severne		Death
Buckinghamshire	21 September 1876	Benjamin Disraeli		Thomas Fremantle		Elevation to the peerage
	26 August 1876	Thomas Conolly		William Wilson		Death
Rutlandshire	17 August 1876	Gerard Noel		Gerard Noel		First Commissioner of Works
Leeds	15 August 1876	Robert Meek Carter		John Barran		Resignation
Carmarthen Boroughs	14 August 1876	Charles William Nevill		Arthur Cowell-Stepney		Resignation
New Shoreham	4 August 1876	Percy Burrell		Walter Burrell		Death
East Kent	26 July 1876	Wyndham Knatchbull		William Deedes		Resignation
Mid Cheshire	18 July 1876	Egerton Leigh		Piers Egerton-Warburton		Death
Leitrim	14 July 1876	William Ormsby-Gore		Francis O'Beirne		Succession to a peerage
West Worcestershire	8 July 1876	William Edward Dowdeswell		Sir Edmund Lechmere		Resignation
Birmingham	27 June 1876	George Dixon		Joseph Chamberlain		Resignation
Pembrokeshire	26 June 1876	John Scourfield		James Bevan Bowen		Death
Cork City	25 May 1876	Joseph Philip Ronayne		William Goulding		Death
West Aberdeenshire	10 May 1876	William McCombie		Lord Douglas Gordon		Resignation
East Cumberland	26 April 1876	William Nicholson Hodgson		Stafford Howard		Death
North Norfolk	21 April 1876	Frederick Walpole		James Duff		Death
Horsham	29 February 1876	Robert Henry Hurst (junior)		James Clifton Brown		Void election
East Retford	24 February 1876	The Viscount Galway		William Beckett-Denison		Death
Berkshire	23 February 1876	Richard Fellowes Benyon		Philip Wroughton		Resignation
East Suffolk	22 February 1876	Viscount Mahon		Frederick Barne		Succession to a peerage
Manchester	17 February 1876	William Romaine Callender		Jacob Bright		Death
Huntingdon	16 February 1876	John Burgess Karslake		Viscount Hinchingbrooke		Resignation
Leominster	15 February 1876	Richard Arkwright		Thomas Blake		Resignation
Enniskillen	15 February 1876	Viscount Crichton		Viscount Crichton		Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Burnley	12 February 1876	Richard Shaw		Peter Rylands		Death
North Shropshire	3 February 1876	John Ormsby-Gore		Stanley Leighton		Elevation to the peerage
Dorset	3 February 1876	Henry Sturt		Edward Digby		Elevation to the peerage
South Wiltshire	4 January 1876	Lord Henry Thynne		Lord Henry Thynne		Treasurer of the Household
Ipswich	1 January 1876	John Patteson Cobbold		Thomas Clement Cobbold		Death
East Aberdeenshire	22 December 1875	William Dingwall Fordyce		Alexander Hamilton-Gordon		Death
Horsham	17 December 1875	William Vesey-FitzGerald		Robert Henry Hurst (junior)		Resignation (Chief Charity Commissioner for England and Wales)
Whitehaven	16 December 1875	George Cavendish-Bentinck		George Cavendish-Bentinck		Judge Advocate General
Mid Surrey	24 November 1875	Richard Baggallay		Sir Trevor Lawrence		Resignation (Justice of the Court of Appeal)
South West Lancashire	6 November 1875	Charles Turner		John Ireland Blackburne		Death
Armagh City	18 October 1875	John Vance		George Beresford		Death
West Suffolk	4 October 1875	Fuller Maitland Wilson		Thomas Thornhill		Death
Blackburn	30 September 1875	Henry Master Feilden		Daniel Thwaites		Death
Hartlepool	29 July 1875	Thomas Richardson		Lowthian Bell		Resignation
West Suffolk	16 June 1875	Lord Augustus Hervey		Fuller Maitland Wilson		Death
Breconshire	20 May 1875^[14]	Godfrey Morgan		William Fuller-Maitland		Succession to a peerage
Kilkenny City	28 April 1875	John Gray		Benjamin Whitworth		Death
Bedfordshire	28 April 1875	Francis Bassett		Marquess of Tavistock		Resignation
Kirkcaldy Burghs	20 April 1875	Robert Reid		George Campbell		Death
Meath	17 April 1875	John Martin		Charles Stewart Parnell		Death
Bridport	31 March 1875	Thomas Alexander Mitchell		Pandeli Ralli		Death
Tipperary	11 March 1875	John Mitchel		John Mitchel		Disqualification (Convicted Felon)
				Stephen Moore		By-election result reversed on petition
St Ives	5 March 1875	Charles Tyringham Praed		Charles Tyringham Praed		Void election
Norwich	5 March 1875^[15]	John Walter Huddleston		Jacob Henry Tillett		Resignation (Justice of the Court of Common Pleas)
Stroud	19 February 1875	Henry Brand		Samuel Marling		Void election
Stoke-upon-Trent	16 February 1875	George Milles		Edward Vaughan Hyde Kenealy		Resignation
Tipperary	13 February 1875^[16]	Charles William White		John Mitchel		Resignation
Chatham	13 February 1875	George Elliot		John Eldon Gorst		Resignation
Dublin University	11 February 1875	David Robert Plunket		David Robert Plunket		Solicitor General for Ireland
East Kent	27 January 1875	George Milles		Wyndham Knatchbull		Succession to a peerage
Dublin University	18–22 January 1875	John Thomas Ball		Edward Gibson		Resignation (Lord Chancellor of Ireland)
St Ives	28 December 1874	Edward Gershour Davenport		Charles Tyringham Praed		Death
Birkenhead	24 November 1874	John Laird		David MacIver		Death
Wenlock	12 November 1874	George Weld-Forester		Cecil Weld-Forester		Succession to a peerage
Northampton	6 October 1874	Charles Gilpin		Charles George Merewether		Death
Cambridgeshire	5 October 1874	Lord George Manners		Benjamin Rodwell		Death
Midhurst	23 September 1874	Charles Perceval		Sir Henry Holland		Succession to a peerage
Kidderminster	31 July 1874	Albert Grant		Sir William Fraser		Void Election
Stroud	24 July 1874	John Edward Dorington		Henry Brand		Void Election
Launceston	3 July 1874	James Henry Deakin (senior)		James Henry Deakin (junior)		Void Election
Galway	29 June 1874	Frank Hugh O'Donnell		Michael Francis Ward		Void Election
North Durham	19 June 1874	Charles Palmer		Charles Palmer		Void Election
		Lowthian Bell		Sir George Elliot		Void Election
Wigtown Burghs	12 June 1874	George Young		Mark John Stewart		Resignation (Judge of the Court of Session)
Haverfordwest	12 June 1874	The Lord Kensington		The Lord Kensington		Void Election
City of Durham	11 June 1874	Thomas Charles Thompson		Farrer Herschell		Void Election
		John Henderson		Sir Arthur Middleton		Void Election
Mayo	29 May 1874	George Ekins Browne		George Ekins Browne		Void Election
		Thomas Tighe		John O'Connor Power		Void Election
Poole	26 May 1874	Charles Waring		Evelyn Ashley		Void Election
Dudley	18 May 1874	Henry Brinsley Sheridan		Henry Brinsley Sheridan		Void Election
Stroud	15 May 1874^[17]	Sebastian Stewart Dickinson		Alfred Stanton		Void Election
		Walter John Stanton		John Edward Dorington		Void Election
Wakefield	4 May 1874	Edward Green		Thomas Kemp Sanderson		Void Election
Preston	24 April 1874	John Holker		John Holker		Solicitor General for England and Wales
Hackney	24 April 1874	John Holms		John Holms		Void Election
		Charles Reed		Henry Fawcett		Void Election
Louth	8 April 1874	Philip Callan		George Harley Kirk		Double Election, chose to sit for Dundalk
North Lancashire	26 March 1874	John Wilson-Patten		Thomas Henry Clifton		Elevation to the peerage
Falkirk Burghs	26 March 1874	John Ramsay		John Ramsay		Disqualification (Held Government Contract)
North Staffordshire	23 March 1874	Charles Adderley		Charles Adderley		President of the Board of Trade
Galway	20 March 1874	Viscount St Lawrence		Frank Hugh O'Donnell		Succession to a peerage
East Suffolk	20 March 1874	The Lord Rendlesham		The Lord Rendlesham		Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
North Leicestershire	20 March 1874	Lord John Manners		Lord John Manners		Postmaster General
Invernesshire	19 March 1874	Donald Cameron		Donald Cameron		Parliamentary Groom in Waiting
South West Lancashire	19 March 1874	Richard Assheton Cross		Richard Assheton Cross		Home Secretary
South Devonshire	19 March 1874	Sir Massey Lopes		Sir Massey Lopes		Civil Lord of the Admiralty
Dublin County	18 March 1874	Thomas Edward Taylor		Thomas Edward Taylor		Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
North Devonshire	18 March 1874	Sir Stafford Northcote		Sir Stafford Northcote		Chancellor of the Exchequer
North Northamptonshire	18 March 1874	George Ward Hunt		George Ward Hunt		First Lord of the Admiralty
North Northumberland	17 March 1874	Earl Percy		Earl Percy		Treasurer of the Household
Monmouthshire	17 March 1874	Lord Henry Somerset		Lord Henry Somerset		Comptroller of the Household
East Gloucestershire	17 March 1874	Michael Hicks Beach		Michael Hicks Beach		Chief Secretary for Ireland
Buckinghamshire	17 March 1874	Benjamin Disraeli		Benjamin Disraeli		Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury
Eye	17 March 1874	The Viscount Barrington		The Viscount Barrington		Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
Dublin University	16 March 1874	John Thomas Ball		John Thomas Ball		Attorney General for Ireland
Mid Surrey	16 March 1874	Richard Baggallay		Richard Baggallay		Solicitor General for England and Wales
Portsmouth	16 March 1874	James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone		James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone		Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
North Lincolnshire	16 March 1874	Rowland Winn		Rowland Winn		Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Oxford	16 March 1874^[18]	Edward Cardwell		Alexander William Hall		Elevation to the peerage
Huntingdon	16 March 1874	John Burgess Karslake		John Burgess Karslake		Attorney General for England and Wales
Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities	14 March 1874	Edward Strathearn Gordon		Edward Strathearn Gordon		Lord Advocate
North Hampshire	14 March 1874	George Sclater-Booth		George Sclater-Booth		President of the Local Government Board
Liverpool	14 March 1874	Viscount Sandon		Viscount Sandon		Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education
Oxford University	14 March 1874	Gathorne Hardy		Gathorne Hardy		Secretary of State for War
New Shoreham	13 March 1874	Stephen Cave		Stephen Cave		Judge Advocate General
Chicester	13 March 1874^[19]	Lord Henry Lennox		Lord Henry Lennox		First Commissioner of Works^[20]
20th Parliament (1868–1874)
By-election	Date	Former Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause
Newcastle upon Tyne	14 January 1874	Joseph Cowen		Joseph Cowen		Death
West Somerset	12 January 1874	William Gore-Langton		Vaughan Lee		Death
Stroud	6 January 1874^[21]	Henry Selfe Page Winterbotham		John Edward Dorington		Death
Cambridgeshire	3 January 1874	Viscount Royston		Elliot Yorke		Succession to a peerage
Huntington	17 December 1873	Thomas Baring		John Burgess Karslake		Death
Exeter	9 December 1873^[22]	John Coleridge		Arthur Mills		Resignation (Chief Justice of the Common Pleas)
Oxford	6 December 1873	William Vernon Harcourt		William Vernon Harcourt		Solicitor General for England and Wales^[23]
Edinburgh and St. Andrews Universities	4 December 1873	Lyon Playfair		Lyon Playfair		Postmaster General^[24]
Haverfordwest Boroughs	24 November 1873	The Lord Kensington		The Lord Kensington		Parliamentary Groom in Waiting^[25]
Kingston-upon-Hull	22 October 1873^[26]	James Clay		Joseph Walker Pease		Death
Birmingham	20 October 1873	John Bright		John Bright		Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Taunton	13 October 1873	Henry James		Henry James		Solicitor General for England and Wales
Bath	8 October 1873	Donald Dalrymple		Arthur Hayter		Death
Dover	22 September 1873^[27]	Sir George Jessel		Edward William Barnett		Resignation (Master of the Rolls)
Renfrewshire	10 September 1873^[28]	Henry Bruce		Archibald Campbell		Elevation to a peerage
Shaftsbury	30 August 1873^[29]	George Glyn		Vere Fane Benett-Stanford		Succession to a peerage
Northern West Riding of Yorkshire	27 August 1873	Lord Frederick Cavendish		Lord Frederick Cavendish		Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
East Staffordshire	6 August 1873^[30]	John Robinson McClean		Samuel Allsopp, 2nd Baron Hindlip		Death
Dundee	5 August 1873	George Armitstead		James Yeaman		Resignation
Greenwich	2 August 1873^[31]	David Salomons		Thomas Boord		Death
County Waterford	5 July 1873	Edmond de la Poer		Henry Villiers-Stuart		Resignation
Berwickshire	27 June 1873	David Robertson		William Miller		Elevation to the peerage
Bath	27 June 1873	Viscount Chelsea		Viscount Grey de Wilton		Succession to a peerage
Roscommon	24 June 1873	Fitzstephen French		Charles French		Death
Southern Devonshire	17 June 1873	Samuel Trehawke Kekewich		John Carpenter Garnier		Death
Richmonds (Yorks.)	27 May 1873	Lawrence Dundas		John Dundas		Succession to a peerage
Gloucester	8 May 1873^[32]	William Philip Price		William Killigrew Wait		Resignation
Bath	6 May 1873^[33]	Sir William Tite		Viscount Chelsea		Death
Tyrone	7 April 1873	Henry Thomas Lowry-Corry		Henry William Lowry-Corry		Death
Cheshire Mid	7 March 1873	George Legh		Egerton Leigh		Resignation
Wigtownshire	21 February 1873	Lord Garlies		Robert Vans-Agnew		Succession to a peerage
Lisburn	19 February 1873	Edward Wingfield Verner		Sir Richard Wallace		Resignation in order to contest County Armagh
County Armagh	15 February 1873	Sir William Verner		Edward Wingfield Verner		Death
Liverpool	7 February 1873	Samuel Robert Graves		John Torr		Death
Orkney and Shetland	6–7 January 1873	Frederick Dundas		Samuel Lang		Death
Forfarshire	13 December 1872	Charles Carnegie		James William Barclay		Resignation (Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland)
Kincardineshire	10 December 1872	James Dyce Nicol		George Balfour		Death
Cork City	6 December 1872^[34]	John Francis Maguire		Joseph Philip Ronayne		Death
Londonderry City	23 November 1872^[35]	Richard Dowse		Charles Edward Lewis		Resignation (Baron of the Court of the Exchequer)
Richmond (Yorks)	4 November 1872	Sir Roundell Palmer		Lawrence Dundas		Hereditary Peerage on appointment as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
Tiverton	4 November 1872	George Denman		William Massey		Resignation (Justice of the Court of Common Pleas)
Flint Boroughs	16 October 1872	Sir John Hanmer		Robert Cunliffe		Elevation to the peerage
Preston	13 September 1872	Edward Hermon		William Farrer Ecroyd		Death
Pontefract	15 August 1872^[36]	Hugh Childers		Hugh Childers		Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Paymaster General
Southern West Riding of Yorkshire	8 July 1872^[37]	Viscount Milton		Walter Spencer-Stanhope		Resignation
Aberdeen	29 June 1872	William Henry Sykes		John Farley Leith		Death
Bedfordshire	27 June 1872	Francis Russell		Francis Bassett		Succession to a peerage
Mallow	7 June 1872	George Waters		William Felix Munster		Resignation (Chairman of the Quarter Sessions of the County of Waterford)
Oldham	5 June 1872^[38]	John Platt		John Morgan Cobbett		Death
Wexford Borough	26 April 1872^[39]	Richard Joseph Devereux		William Archer Redmond		Resignation
Tamworth	16 April 1872^[40]	John Peel		Robert William Hanbury		Death
West Cumberland	26 March 1872	Henry Lowther		The Lord Muncaster		Succession to a peerage
East Gloucestershire	11 March 1872	Robert Stayner Holford		John Reginald Yorke		Resignation
Wallingford	9 March 1872	Stanley Vickers		Edward Wells		Death
Flintshire	2 March 1872	Lord Richard Grosvenor		Lord Richard Grosvenor		Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
Wick Burghs	28 February 1872	George Loch		John Pender		Resignation
North Nottinghamshire	26 February 1872^[41]	Evelyn Denison		George Monckton-Arundell		Elevation to the peerage
West Cheshire	17 February 1872	John Tollemache		Wilbraham Tollemache		Resignation
County Galway	8 February 1872^[42]	William Henry Gregory		John Philip Nolan		Resignation (Governor of Ceylon)
				William Le Poer Trench		By-election result reversed on petition
Kerry	6 February 1872^[43]	Viscount Castlerosse		Rowland Blennerhassett		Succession to a peerage
Northern West Riding of Yorkshire	3 February 1872^[44]	Sir Francis Crossley		Francis Sharp Powell		Death
Dover	25 November 1871	George Jessel		George Jessel		Solicitor General for England and Wales
Plymouth	22 November 1871^[45]	Robert Collier		Edward Bates		Resignation (Justice of the Court of Common Pleas)
Limerick City	20 September 1871^[46]	Francis William Russell		Isaac Butt		Death
Truro	13 September 1871^[47]	John Cranch Walker Vivian		James McGarel-Hogg		Resignation (Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War)
East Surrey	26 August 1871^[48]	Charles Buxton		James Watney, Jr.		Death
Monaghan	22 July 1871	Charles Powell Leslie III		John Leslie		Death
Westmeath	17 June 1871^[49]	William Pollard-Urquhart		Patrick James Smyth		Death
West Staffordshire	13 June 1871	Hugo Francis Meynell Ingram		Francis Monckton		Death
Durham City	28 April 1871^[50]	John Robert Davison		John Lloyd Wharton		Death
South Norfolk	17 April 1871	Edward Howes		Sir Robert Jacob Buxton		Death
Tamworth	28 March 1871	Henry Bulwer		John Peel		Elevation to the peerage
Halifax	13 March 1871	James Stansfeld		James Stansfeld		President of the Poor Law Board
Monmouthshire	4 March 1871^[51]	Poulett Somerset		Lord Henry Somerset		Resignation
Stalybridge	1 March 1871^[52]	James Sidebottom		Nathaniel Buckley		Death
Hereford	28 February 1871^[53]	Edward Henry Clive		George Arbuthnot		Resignation
Norwich	22 February 1871	Jacob Henry Tillett		Jeremiah James Colman		Void election
County Galway	21 February 1871^[54]	Viscount Burke		Mitchell Henry		Resignation
Westmorland	21 February 1871^[55]	Earl of Bective		Earl of Bective		Succession to a peerage
Ripon	15 February 1871	Lord John Hay		Sir Henry Knight Storks		Resignation
York	14 February 1871^[56]	Joshua Proctor Brown Westhead		George Leeman		Resignation
West Norfolk	8 February 1871^[57]	Thomas de Grey		George Bentinck		Succession to a peerage
County Limerick	28 January 1871^[58]	William Monsell		William Monsell		Postmaster General^[59]
Newry	23 January 1871^[60] ^[61]	William Kirk		Viscount Newry and Morne		Death
Meath	17 January 1871^[62]	Matthew Corbally		John Martin	^[63]	Death
Durham City	14 January 1871^[64]	John Robert Davison		John Robert Davison		Judge Advocate General^[65]
Newport (Isle of Wight)	23 November 1870	Charles Wykeham Martin		Charles Cavendish Clifford		Death
Colchester	3 November 1870^[66]	John Gurdon Rebow		Alexander Learmonth		Death
Mid Surrey	17 October 1870^[67]	William Brodrick		Richard Baggallay		Succession to a peerage
Shrewsbury	21 September 1870^[68]	William James Clement		Douglas Straight		Death
West Surrey	8 September 1870^[69] ^[70]	John Ivatt Briscoe		Lee Steere		Death
Dublin City	18 August 1870^[71]	Sir Arthur Edward Guinness		Sir Dominic John Corrigan		Void election
Plymouth	15 August 1870	Sir Robert Porrett Collier		Sir Robert Porrett Collier		Recorder of Bristol
Rochester	19 July 1870	John Alexander Kinglake		Julian Goldsmid		Death
Norwich	13 July 1870^[72]	Sir Henry Stracey		Jacob Henry Tillett		Void election
Bristol	27 June 1870	Elisha Smith Robinson		Kirkman Daniel Hodgson		Void election
South Leicestershire	13 June 1870	Viscount Curzon		William Unwin Heygate		Succession to a peerage
Isle of Wight	13 June 1870^[73]	Sir John Simeon		Alexander Baillie-Cochrane		Death
Brecon	13 June 1870^[74]	Lord Hyde		James Gwynne-Holford		Succession to a peerage
East Suffolk	1 June 1870	John Henniker-Major		Viscount Mahon		Succession to a peerage
Longford	16 May 1870	Reginald Greville-Nugent		George Greville-Nugent		Void election
Mayo	12 May 1870	George Henry Moore		George Ekins Browne		Death
Mallow	10 May 1870	Henry Munster		George Waters		Void election
East Devon	9 April 1870	Lord Courtenay		John Henry Kennaway		Resignation
Newark-on-Trent	1 April 1870	Edward Denison		Samuel Boteler Bristowe		Death
Bristol	29 March 1870	Francis Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley		Elisha Smith Robinson		Death
Roxburghshire	2 March 1870^[75]	Sir William Scott		Marquess of Bowmont		Resignation
Tipperary	28 February 1870^[76]	Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa		Denis Caulfield Heron		Disqualification (convicted felon)
Waterford City	25 February 1870	Sir Henry Winston Barron		Ralph Bernal Osborne		Void election
Maidstone	25 February 1870	William Lee		Sir John Lubbock		Resignation
Nottingham	24 February 1870^[77]	Charles Ichabod Wright		Auberon Herbert		Resignation
Southwark	17 February 1870^[78]	Austen Henry Layard		Marcus Beresford		Resignation (Ambassador to Spain)
Bridgnorth	16 February 1870^[79] ^[80]	Henry Whitmore		William Henry Foster		Resignation
Londonderry City	15 February 1870	Richard Dowse		Richard Dowse		Solicitor General for Ireland
Dublin University	14 February 1870	Anthony Lefroy		David Robert Plunket		Resignation
Mallow	3 February 1870	Edward Sullivan		Henry Munster		Resignation (Irish Master of the Rolls)
Merionethshire	17 January 1870	David Williams		Samuel Holland		Death
Queen's County	4 January 1870	John Wilson FitzPatrick		Edmund Dease		Elevation to the peerage
Longford	31 December 1869	Fulke Greville-Nugent		Reginald Greville-Nugent		Elevation to the peerage
King's Lynn	9 December 1869	Lord Stanley		Lord Claud Hamilton		Succession to a peerage
Chester	4 December 1869	Earl Grosvenor		Norman de L'Aigle Grosvenor		Succession to a peerage
Tipperary	27 November 1869^[81]	Charles Moore		Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa		Death
Waterford City	22 November 1869	John Aloysius Blake		Sir Henry Winston Barron		Resignation (Inspector of Irish Fisheries)
Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities	22 November 1869^[82]	James Moncreiff		Edward Strathearn Gordon		Resignation (Lord Justice Clerk)
Whitby	18 November 1869	William Henry Gladstone		William Henry Gladstone		Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Hastings	18 November 1869	Frederick North		Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth		Death
Tower Hamlets	8 November 1869	Acton Smee Ayrton		Acton Smee Ayrton		First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings
East Cheshire	6 October 1869	Edward Christopher Egerton		William Cunliffe Brooks		Death
Caithness	26 August 1869	George Traill		Sir John George Tollemache Sinclair		Resignation
Antrim	21 August 1869	George Henry Seymour		Hugh de Grey Seymour		Death
Salisbury	5 August 1869	Edward William Terreck Hamilton		Alfred Seymour		Resignation
Nottingham	16 June 1869	Sir Robert Juckes Clifton		Charles Seely		Death
Stafford	7 June 1869^[83]	Walter Meller		Thomas Salt		Void election
		Henry Davis Pochin		Reginald Talbot		Void election
Youghal	11 May 1869	Christopher Weguelin		Montague John Guest		Void election
Liskeard	11 May 1869	Sir Arthur Buller		Edward Horsman		Death
Brecon	24 April 1869^[84]	Howel Gwyn		Lord Hyde		Void election
West Sussex	17 April 1869^[85]	Henry Wyndham		Earl of March		Succession to a peerage
Dumfriesshire	31 March 1869^[86]	Sydney Waterlow		George Gustavus Walker		Disqualification (government contractor)
Hereford	30 March 1869	George Clive		Edward Henry Clive		Void election
		John Wyllie		Chandos Wren-Hoskyns		Void election
Blackburn	30 March 1869	William Henry Hornby		Edward Kenworthy Hornby		Void election
		Joseph Feilden		Henry Master Feilden		Void election
Drogheda	15 March 1869^[87]	Benjamin Whitworth		Thomas Whitworth		Void election
Scarborough	12 March 1869^[88]	Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone		Sir Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone		Death
Bradford	12 March 1869	Henry William Ripley		Edward Miall		Void election
Bewdley	11 March 1869^[89]	Richard Atwood Glass		John Cunliffe		Void election
				Augustus Anson		By-election result reversed on petition
Westbury	27 February 1869	John Lewis Phipps		Charles Paul Phipps		Void election
Wexford Borough	26 February 1869^[90]	Richard Joseph Devereux		Richard Joseph Devereux		Void election
Radnor Boroughs	25 February 1869	Richard Green-Price		Marquess of Hartington		Resignation
City of London	22 February 1869^[91] ^[92]	Charles Bell		Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild		Death
Renfrewshire	25 January 1869^[93]	Archibald Alexander Speirs		Henry Bruce		Death
South Derbyshire	16 January 1869	Sir Thomas Gresley		Henry Wilmot		Death
County Louth	11 January 1869^[94]	Chichester Fortescue		Chichester Fortescue		Chief Secretary for Ireland^[95]
Kildare	11 January 1869^[96]	Lord Otho Fitzgerald		Lord Otho Fitzgerald		Comptroller of the Household^[97]
Westmeath	7 January 1869^[98]	Algernon Fulke Greville		Algernon Fulke Greville		Parliamentary Groom in Waiting^[99]
Kerry	7 January 1869^[100]	Viscount Castlerosse		Viscount Castlerosse		Vice-Chamberlain of the Household^[101]
Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire	6 January 1869	William Patrick Adam		William Patrick Adam		Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Clare	5 January 1869^[102]	Sir Colman O'Loghlen		Sir Colman O'Loghlen		Judge Advocate General^[103]
Mallow	4 January 1869^[104]	Edward Sullivan		Edward Sullivan		Attorney General for Ireland^[105]
Wigtown Burghs	4 January 1869^[106]	George Young		George Young		Solicitor General for Scotland^[107]
Hawick Burghs	4 January 1869^[108]	George Otto Trevelyan		George Otto Trevelyan		Civil Lord of the Admiralty^[109]
Wareham	23 December 1868^[110]	John Calcraft		John Erle-Drax		Death
Oxford	22 December 1868	Edward Cardwell		Edward Cardwell		Secretary of State for War
London University	21 December 1868	Robert Lowe		Robert Lowe		Chancellor of the Exchequer
Truro	21 December 1868	John Cranch Walker Vivian		John Cranch Walker Vivian		Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Ripon	21 December 1868^[111]	Lord John Hay		Lord John Hay		Junior Naval Lord^[112]
Pontefract	21 December 1868	Hugh Childers		Hugh Childers		First Lord of the Admiralty
Plymouth	21 December 1868	Sir Robert Porrett Collier		Sir Robert Porrett Collier		Attorney General for England and Wales
Halifax	21 December 1868	James Stansfeld		James Stansfeld		Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Exeter	21 December 1868	John Coleridge		Sir John Coleridge		Solicitor General for England and Wales
Bradford	21 December 1868	William Edward Forster		William Edward Forster		Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education
Birmingham	21 December 1868	John Bright		John Bright		President of the Board of Trade
Southwark	21 December 1868	Austen Henry Layard		Austen Henry Layard		First Commissioner of Works
Greenwich	21 December 1868	William Ewart Gladstone		William Ewart Gladstone		Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury
City of London	21 December 1868	George Joachim Goschen		George Joachim Goschen		President of the Poor Law Board

References

• • British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977)
• F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts 1832-1987
• F. W. S. Craig, Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833-1987
• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)

Notes and References

1. Former MP assassinated after the writ was moved.
2. Powell was lost riding a balloon that accidentally drifted out to sea from England in December 1881.
3. Gain not retained at the 1885 general election.
4. By-election voided and writ suspended
5. Borough constituency abolished November 1885. Gain not retained, in the county constituency of the same name, at the 1885 general election.
6. Borough constituency abolished November 1885. Gain retained, in the county constituency of the same name, at the 1885 general election.
7. Gain retained at the 1885 general election.
8. Constituency abolished November 1885, so gain was not retained.
9. By-election voided and writ suspended. Constituency abolished in June 1885
10. By-election voided and writ suspended
11. An uncontested by-election.
12. Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.
13. Double Return. Two candidates declared elected due to a tie. On recount Ridley was elected. Grey would gain the seat in the 1880 general election
14. Gain retained at the 1880 general election
15. By-Election voided and writ suspended. Seat was vacant until the 1880 general election where Tillett was elected
16. Mitchell was disqualified for being a convicted felon and was re-elected at the ensuing by-election. He died before his re-election was adjudged to a Conservative who would be defeated in the 1880 general election
17. Dorington's election was voided on petition and the subsequent by-election was won by the Liberals who held it in the 1880 general election.
18. Gain not retained at the 1880 general election
19. An uncontested by-election.
20. Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.
21. Gain not retained at the 1874 general election
22. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
23. Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.
24. Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.
25. Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.
26. Gain not retained at the 1874 general election
27. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
28. Gain not retained at the 1874 general election
29. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
30. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
31. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
32. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
33. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
34. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
35. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
36. First election using the secret ballot.
37. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
38. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
39. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
40. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
41. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
42. On petition Nolan was unseated and William Le Poer Trench (Conservative) was declared elected. Trench was defeated in the 1874 general election by Nolan.
43. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
44. Gain not retained at the 1874 general election
45. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
46. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
47. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
48. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
49. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
50. Gain not retained at the 1874 general election
51. An uncontested by-election.
52. Gain not retained at the 1874 general election
53. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
54. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
55. An uncontested by-election.
56. An uncontested by-election.
57. An uncontested by-election.
58. An uncontested by-election.
59. Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.
60. An uncontested by-election.
61. Gain not retained at the 1874 general election
62. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
63. Book: Walker. B. M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 0901714127.
64. An uncontested by-election.
65. Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.
66. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
67. An uncontested by-election.
68. Gain not retained at the 1874 general election
69. An uncontested by-election.
70. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
71. Gain not retained at the 1874 general election
72. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
73. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
74. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
75. An uncontested by-election.
76. Gain not retained at the 1874 general election
77. Gain not retained at the 1874 general election
78. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
79. An uncontested by-election.
80. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
81. Gain not retained at the 1874 general election
82. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
83. Gain not retained at the 1874 general election
84. Gain not retained at the 1874 general election
85. An uncontested by-election.
86. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
87. An uncontested by-election.
88. An uncontested by-election.
89. On petition Cunliffe was unseated and Augustus Henry Archibald Anson (Liberal) was declared elected. He was re-elected in the 1874 general election.
90. An uncontested by-election.
91. An uncontested by-election.
92. Gain not retained at the 1874 general election
93. An uncontested by-election.
94. An uncontested by-election.
95. Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.
96. An uncontested by-election.
97. Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.
98. An uncontested by-election.
99. Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.
100. An uncontested by-election.
101. Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.
102. An uncontested by-election.
103. Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.
104. An uncontested by-election.
105. Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.
106. An uncontested by-election.
107. Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.
108. An uncontested by-election.
109. Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.
110. Gain retained at the 1874 general election
111. An uncontested by-election.
112. Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.