This is a list of parliamentary
by-election
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, or a bypoll in India, is an election used to fill an office that has become vacant between general elections.
A vacancy may arise as a result of an incumben ...
s in the United Kingdom held between 1900 and 1918, with the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective parties. Where seats changed
political party
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at the election, the result is highlighted: pink for a
Labour (including
Labour Representation Committee) gain, light blue for a
Conservative
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(including
Liberal Unionist,
Irish Unionist and
Scottish Unionist) gain, orange for a
Liberal (including
Liberal-Labour) gain, green for a
Sinn Féin
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The History of Sinn Féin, original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffit ...
gain, light green for an
Irish Parliamentary Party
The Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP; commonly called the Irish Party or the Home Rule Party) was formed in 1874 by Isaac Butt, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nati ...
gain and grey for any other gain.
Resignations
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
References
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F. W. S. Craig, ''British Parliamentary Election Statistics 1832-1987''
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F. W. S. Craig, ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918''
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F. W. S. Craig, ''Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833-1987''
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{{DEFAULTSORT:List of United Kingdom by-elections (1900-1918)
1900
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15 ...
20th century in the United Kingdom