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href="/wiki/By-election" title="By-election">by-election</a> held on 31 January 1918 for the <a href="/wiki/British_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="British House of Commons">British House of Commons</a> constituency of <a href="/wiki/Prestwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Prestwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Prestwich</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Vacancy">Vacancy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=January_1918_Prestwich_by-election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Vacancy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The election was caused by the elevation to the peerage of the sitting <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Cawley,_1st_Baron_Cawley" title="Frederick Cawley, 1st Baron Cawley">Sir Frederick Cawley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cawley had been <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Duchy_of_Lancaster" title="Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster">Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</a> in the wartime <a href="/wiki/Coalition_government_1916-1922" class="mw-redirect" title="Coalition government 1916-1922">coalition</a> of <a href="/wiki/David_Lloyd_George" title="David Lloyd George">David Lloyd George</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Candidates">Candidates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Cawley was a lieutenant in the Yeomanry serving in <a href="/wiki/Palestine_(region)" title="Palestine (region)">Palestine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cawley’s candidacy was supported by the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Unionists</a> in <a href="/wiki/Prestwich" title="Prestwich">Prestwich</a> as they were part of the wartime coalition. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cooperators">Cooperators</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=January_1918_Prestwich_by-election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cooperators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cawley was opposed by <a href="/wiki/Henry_May_(co-operative_activist)" title="Henry May (co-operative activist)">Henry May</a> for the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Co-operative_Party" title="Co-operative Party">Central Co-operative Parliamentary Representation Committee</a> of which he was the secretary. May was also secretary of the International Cooperative Alliance.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the first parliamentary by-election fought by the Co-operative Parliamentary Representation Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although May was expected to gain the support of <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> voters, the Labour Party itself was unable to offer formal assistance because of the wartime electoral truce.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Issues">Issues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=January_1918_Prestwich_by-election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the government the principal issue was the continuing prosecution of the war and it sought the support of the voters for that end. There was a strong danger that Cawley’s election would be seen as inevitable, given his father’s position and former majority and as he was actively serving his country in the field. So the government supporters concentrated on organisation rather than policy to try and counter voter apathy.<sup id="cite_ref-renamed_from_291_on_20201102175623_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-renamed_from_291_on_20201102175623-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>May tried to appeal on the food question<sup id="cite_ref-renamed_from_291_on_20201102175623_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-renamed_from_291_on_20201102175623-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and by extolling the virtues of cooperation as the purest democratic movement and anticipating the triumph of the working –class once the war was over.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> May also argued that because Lt Cawley was serving abroad this amounted to a virtual disenfranchisement of the electors of the division.<sup id="cite_ref-renamed_from_291_on_20201102175623_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-renamed_from_291_on_20201102175623-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Result">Result</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=January_1918_Prestwich_by-election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Result"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cawley held the seat for the Liberals by a large majority. It was estimated that of the approximately 26,000 electors on the register, which was now three years old, only about 16,000 remained eligible to vote. In the end the total poll was just over 10,000.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cawley only held the seat for a few months however as he was killed in action in France in August 1918. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Prestwich by-election, January 1918 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Oswald_Cawley" title="Oswald Cawley">Oswald Cawley</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>8,520 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>75.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #3F1D70; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Co-operative_Party" title="Co-operative Party">Co-operative Party</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Henry_May_(co-operative_activist)" title="Henry May (co-operative activist)">Henry May</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,832 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25.0 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,688 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">50.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,352 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div 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.reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Times</i>, 27 February 1918 p10</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Who was Who</i>, OUP 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Times</i>, 10 January 1918 p10</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Times</i>, 23 January 1918 p3</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">G D H Cole, <i>A History of the Labour Party from 1914</i>; Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1948 p63</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Peter Barberis, John McHugh & Mike Tyldesley, <i>Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations</i>; Continuum International, 2002 p276</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-renamed_from_291_on_20201102175623-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-renamed_from_291_on_20201102175623_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-renamed_from_291_on_20201102175623_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-renamed_from_291_on_20201102175623_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Times</i>, 29 January 1918 p3</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Times</i>, 30 January 1918 p3</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Times</i>, 2 February 1918 p6</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=January_1918_Prestwich_by-election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_1918_Prestwich_by-election" title="October 1918 Prestwich by-election">October 1918 Prestwich by-election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1900%E2%80%931918)" 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<li>July: <a href="/wiki/1911_Kingston_upon_Hull_Central_by-election" title="1911 Kingston upon Hull Central by-election">Kingston upon Hull Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Glasgow_Tradeston_by-election" title="1911 Glasgow Tradeston by-election">Glasgow Tradeston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_St_Augustine%27s_by-election" title="1911 St Augustine's by-election">St Augustine's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_West_Ham_North_by-election" title="1911 West Ham North by-election">West Ham North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_East_Wicklow_by-election" title="1911 East Wicklow by-election">East Wicklow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_North_East_Cork_by-election" title="1911 North East Cork by-election">North East Cork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_East_Cork_by-election" title="1911 East Cork by-election">East Cork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Luton_by-election" title="1911 Luton by-election">Luton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Wellington_by-election" title="1911 Wellington by-election">Wellington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Bethnal_Green_South_West_by-election" title="1911 Bethnal Green South West by-election">Bethnal Green South West</a></li> <li>August: <a href="/wiki/1911_Middleton_by-election" title="1911 Middleton by-election">Middleton</a></li> <li>September: <a href="/wiki/1911_Kilmarnock_Burghs_by-election" title="1911 Kilmarnock Burghs by-election">Kilmarnock Burghs</a></li> <li>October: <a href="/wiki/1911_North_Tyrone_by-election" title="1911 North Tyrone by-election">North Tyrone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Keighley_by-election" title="1911 Keighley by-election">Keighley</a></li> <li>November: <a href="/wiki/1911_Bristol_East_by-election" title="1911 Bristol East by-election">Bristol East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Oldham_by-election" title="1911 Oldham by-election">Oldham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_South_Somerset_by-election" title="1911 South Somerset by-election">South Somerset</a></li> <li><a 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by-election">Manchester South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Hereford_by-election" title="1912 Hereford by-election">Hereford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_South_East_Essex_by-election" title="1912 South East Essex by-election">South East Essex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Leominster_by-election" title="1912 Leominster by-election">Leominster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Epsom_by-election" title="1912 Epsom by-election">Epsom</a></li> <li>April: <a href="/wiki/1912_Nottingham_East_by-election" title="1912 Nottingham East by-election">Nottingham East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Forest_of_Dean_by-election" class="mw-redirect" title="1912 Forest of Dean by-election">Forest of Dean</a></li> <li>May: <a href="/wiki/1912_Hackney_South_by-election" title="1912 Hackney South by-election">Hackney South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_North_West_Norfolk_by-election" title="1912 North West Norfolk by-election">North West Norfolk</a></li> <li>June: <a href="/wiki/1912_Hythe_by-election" title="1912 Hythe by-election">Hythe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Holmfirth_by-election" title="1912 Holmfirth by-election">Holmfirth</a></li> <li>July: <a href="/wiki/1912_Ilkeston_by-election" title="1912 Ilkeston by-election">Ilkeston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Hanley_by-election" title="1912 Hanley by-election">Hanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Crewe_by-election" title="1912 Crewe by-election">Crewe</a></li> <li>August: <a href="/wiki/1912_Manchester_North_West_by-election" title="1912 Manchester North West by-election">Manchester North West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_East_Carmarthenshire_by-election" title="1912 East Carmarthenshire by-election">East Carmarthenshire</a></li> <li>September: <a href="/wiki/1912_Midlothian_by-election" title="1912 Midlothian by-election">Midlothian</a></li> <li>November: <a href="/wiki/1912_Taunton_by-election" title="1912 Taunton by-election">Taunton</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/1913_Houghton-le-Spring_by-election" title="1913 Houghton-le-Spring by-election">Houghton-le-Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Kendal_by-election" title="1913 Kendal by-election">Kendal</a></li> <li>April: <a href="/wiki/1913_Shrewsbury_by-election" title="1913 Shrewsbury by-election">Shrewsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Whitechapel_by-election" title="1913 Whitechapel by-election">Whitechapel</a></li> <li>May: <a href="/wiki/1913_Newmarket_by-election" title="1913 Newmarket by-election">Newmarket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Altrincham_by-election" title="1913 Altrincham by-election">Altrincham</a></li> <li>June: <a href="/wiki/1913_Leix_by-election" title="1913 Leix by-election">Leix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Wandsworth_by-election" title="1913 Wandsworth by-election">Wandsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Dover_by-election" title="1913 Dover by-election">Dover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Leicester_by-election" title="1913 Leicester by-election">Leicester</a></li> <li>July: <a href="/wiki/1913_St_George%27s,_Hanover_Square_by-election" title="1913 St George's, Hanover Square by-election">St George's, Hanover Square</a></li> <li>August: <a href="/wiki/1913_Chesterfield_by-election" title="1913 Chesterfield by-election">Chesterfield</a></li> <li>November: <a href="/wiki/1913_North_Cork_by-election" title="1913 North Cork by-election">North Cork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Linlithgowshire_by-election" title="1913 Linlithgowshire by-election">Linlithgowshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Reading_by-election" title="1913 Reading by-election">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Keighley_by-election" title="1913 Keighley by-election">Keighley</a></li> <li>December: <a href="/wiki/1913_Wick_Burghs_by-election" title="1913 Wick Burghs by-election">Wick Burghs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_South_Lanarkshire_by-election" title="1913 South Lanarkshire by-election">South Lanarkshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1914</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>January: <a href="/wiki/1914_North_West_Durham_by-election" title="1914 North West Durham by-election">North West Durham</a></li> <li>February: <a href="/wiki/1914_Wycombe_by-election" title="1914 Wycombe by-election">Wycombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Cork_City_by-election" title="1914 Cork City by-election">Cork City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Bethnal_Green_South_West_by-election" title="1914 Bethnal Green South West by-election">Bethnal Green South West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Poplar_by-election" title="1914 Poplar by-election">Poplar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Leith_Burghs_by-election" title="1914 Leith Burghs by-election">Leith Burghs</a></li> <li>April: <a href="/wiki/1914_Belfast_East_by-election" title="1914 Belfast East by-election">Belfast East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_East_Fife_by-election" class="mw-redirect" title="1914 East Fife by-election">East Fife</a></li> <li>May: <a href="/wiki/1914_Great_Grimsby_by-election" title="1914 Great Grimsby by-election">Great Grimsby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_North_East_Derbyshire_by-election" title="1914 North East Derbyshire by-election">North East Derbyshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Ipswich_by-election" title="1914 Ipswich by-election">Ipswich</a></li> <li>June: <a href="/wiki/1914_Brighton_by-election" title="1914 Brighton by-election">Brighton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Oxford_University_by-election" title="1914 Oxford University by-election">Oxford University</a></li> <li>July: <a href="/wiki/1914_Birmingham_West_by-election" title="1914 Birmingham West by-election">Birmingham West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_East_Worcestershire_by-election" title="1914 East Worcestershire by-election">East Worcestershire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_North_Galway_by-election" title="1914 North Galway by-election">North Galway</a></li> <li>August: <a href="/wiki/1914_Swansea_District_by-election" title="1914 Swansea District by-election">Swansea District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_West_Wicklow_by-election" title="1914 West Wicklow by-election">West Wicklow</a></li> <li>September: <a href="/wiki/1914_Bolton_by-election" title="1914 Bolton by-election">Bolton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_The_Hartlepools_by-election" title="1914 The Hartlepools by-election">The Hartlepools</a></li> <li>November: <a href="/wiki/1914_Londonderry_City_by-election" title="1914 Londonderry City by-election">Londonderry City</a></li> <li>December: <a href="/wiki/1914_East_Galway_by-election" title="1914 East Galway by-election">East Galway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Tullamore_by-election" title="1914 Tullamore by-election">Tullamore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Sheffield_Attercliffe_by-election" title="1914 Sheffield Attercliffe by-election">Sheffield Attercliffe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1915</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>February: <a href="/wiki/1915_Norwich_by-election" title="1915 Norwich by-election">Norwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Swansea_District_by-election" title="1915 Swansea District by-election">Swansea District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Scarborough_by-election" title="1915 Scarborough by-election">Scarborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Shipley_by-election" title="1915 Shipley by-election">Shipley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Howdenshire_by-election" title="1915 Howdenshire by-election">Howdenshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Thirsk_and_Malton_by-election" title="1915 Thirsk and Malton by-election">Thirsk & Malton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Wigtownshire_by-election" title="1915 Wigtownshire by-election">Wigtownshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Chesterton_by-election" title="1915 Chesterton by-election">Chesterton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Saffron_Walden_by-election" title="1915 Saffron Walden by-election">Saffron Walden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Liverpool_Kirkdale_by-election" title="1915 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election">Liverpool Kirkdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Mid_Antrim_by-election" title="1915 Mid Antrim by-election">Mid Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Maidstone_by-election" title="1915 Maidstone by-election">Maidstone</a></li> <li>March: <a href="/wiki/1915_Carmarthen_Boroughs_by-election" title="1915 Carmarthen Boroughs by-election">Carmarthen Boroughs</a></li> <li>April: <a href="/wiki/1915_Mid_Durham_by-election" title="1915 Mid Durham by-election">Mid Durham</a></li> <li>May: <a href="/wiki/1915_Kilmarnock_Burghs_by-election" title="1915 Kilmarnock Burghs by-election">Kilmarnock Burghs</a></li> <li>June: <a href="/wiki/1915_Preston_by-election" title="1915 Preston by-election">Preston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Dublin_College_Green_by-election" title="1915 Dublin College Green by-election">Dublin College Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_North_Tipperary_by-election" title="1915 North Tipperary by-election">North Tipperary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Keighley_by-election" title="1915 Keighley by-election">Keighley</a></li> <li>July: <a href="/wiki/1915_Arfon_by-election" title="1915 Arfon by-election">Arfon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Glasgow_Central_by-election" title="1915 Glasgow Central by-election">Glasgow Central</a></li> <li>October: <a href="/wiki/1915_Dublin_Harbour_by-election" title="1915 Dublin Harbour by-election">Dublin Harbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Appleby_by-election" title="1915 Appleby by-election">Appleby</a></li> <li>November: <a href="/wiki/1915_Heywood_by-election" title="1915 Heywood by-election">Heywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Uxbridge_by-election" title="1915 Uxbridge by-election">Uxbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Cardiff_by-election" title="1915 Cardiff by-election">Cardiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Kingston_by-election" title="1915 Kingston by-election">Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_St_Helens_by-election" title="1915 St Helens by-election">St Helens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_St_Austell_by-election" title="1915 St Austell by-election">St Austell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Merthyr_Tydfil_by-election" title="1915 Merthyr Tydfil by-election">Merthyr Tydfil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Tiverton_by-election" title="1915 Tiverton by-election">Tiverton</a></li> <li>December: <a href="/wiki/1915_Cleveland_by-election" title="1915 Cleveland by-election">Cleveland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1916</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>January: <a href="/wiki/1916_Newington_West_by-election" title="1916 Newington West by-election">Newington West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_St_George%27s,_Hanover_Square_by-election" title="1916 St George's, Hanover Square by-election">St George's, Hanover Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Portsmouth_by-election" title="1916 Portsmouth by-election">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_North_West_Staffordshire_by-election" title="1916 North West Staffordshire by-election">North West Staffordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Chesterton_by-election" title="1916 Chesterton by-election">Chesterton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Bradford_Central_by-election" title="1916 Bradford Central by-election">Bradford Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Mile_End_by-election" title="1916 Mile End by-election">Mile End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Rotherham_by-election" title="1916 Rotherham by-election">Rotherham</a></li> <li>February: <a href="/wiki/1916_Liverpool_East_Toxteth_by-election" title="1916 Liverpool East Toxteth by-election">Liverpool East Toxteth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_North_Louth_by-election" title="1916 North Louth by-election">North Louth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_South_Tyrone_by-election" title="1916 South Tyrone by-election">South Tyrone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Bolton_by-election" title="1916 Bolton by-election">Bolton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Chester_by-election" title="1916 Chester by-election">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Droitwich_by-election" title="1916 Droitwich by-election">Droitwich</a></li> <li>March: <a href="/wiki/1916_Cockermouth_by-election" title="1916 Cockermouth by-election">Cockermouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Hertford_by-election" title="1916 Hertford by-election">Hertford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_South_Shields_by-election" title="1916 South Shields by-election">South Shields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Harborough_by-election" title="1916 Harborough by-election">Harborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Hyde_by-election" title="1916 Hyde by-election">Hyde</a></li> <li>April: <a href="/wiki/1916_Wimbledon_by-election" title="1916 Wimbledon by-election">Wimbledon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Dublin_University_by-election" title="1916 Dublin University by-election">Dublin University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Ossory_by-election" title="1916 Ossory by-election">Ossory</a></li> <li>May: <a href="/wiki/1916_Tewkesbury_by-election" title="1916 Tewkesbury by-election">Tewkesbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_South_Londonderry_by-election" title="1916 South Londonderry by-election">South Londonderry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Widnes_by-election" title="1916 Widnes by-election">Widnes</a></li> <li>July: <a href="/wiki/1916_Berwickshire_by-election" title="1916 Berwickshire by-election">Berwickshire</a></li> <li>August: <a href="/wiki/1916_Bodmin_by-election" title="1916 Bodmin by-election">Bodmin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Berwick-upon-Tweed_by-election" title="1916 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election">Berwick-upon-Tweed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Colne_Valley_by-election" title="1916 Colne Valley by-election">Colne Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Abingdon_by-election" title="1916 Abingdon by-election">Abingdon</a></li> <li>September: <a href="/wiki/1916_Mansfield_by-election" title="1916 Mansfield by-election">Mansfield</a></li> <li>October: <a href="/wiki/1916_North_Ayrshire_by-election" title="1916 North Ayrshire by-election">North Ayrshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_St_Pancras_West_by-election" title="1916 St Pancras West by-election">St Pancras West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Winchester_by-election" title="1916 Winchester by-election">Winchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_North_Fermanagh_by-election" title="1916 North Fermanagh by-election">North Fermanagh</a></li> <li>November: <a href="/wiki/1916_West_Cork_by-election" title="1916 West Cork by-election">West Cork</a></li> <li>December: <a href="/wiki/1916_Hornsey_by-election" title="1916 Hornsey by-election">Hornsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Ashton-under-Lyne_by-election" title="1916 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election">Ashton-under-Lyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Sheffield_Hallam_by-election" title="1916 Sheffield Hallam by-election">Sheffield Hallam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Whitechapel_by-election" title="1916 Whitechapel by-election">Whitechapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Derby_by-election" title="1916 Derby by-election">Derby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Edinburgh_and_St_Andrews_Universities_by-election" title="1916 Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities by-election">Edinburgh & St Andrews Universities</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1917</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>January: <a href="/wiki/1917_Inverness-shire_by-election" title="1917 Inverness-shire by-election">Inverness-shire</a></li> <li>February: <a href="/wiki/1917_North_Roscommon_by-election" title="1917 North Roscommon by-election">North Roscommon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_1917_Dublin_University_by-election" title="February 1917 Dublin University by-election">Dublin University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Rotherham_by-election" title="1917 Rotherham by-election">Rotherham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Rossendale_by-election" title="1917 Rossendale by-election">Rossendale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_West_Perthshire_by-election" title="1917 West Perthshire by-election">West Perthshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Tamworth_by-election" title="1917 Tamworth by-election">Tamworth</a></li> <li>March: <a href="/wiki/1917_Stockton-on-Tees_by-election" title="1917 Stockton-on-Tees by-election">Stockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Oxford_by-election" title="1917 Oxford by-election">Oxford</a></li> <li>April: <a href="/wiki/1917_Aberdeen_South_by-election" title="1917 Aberdeen South by-election">Aberdeen South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_1917_Belfast_South_by-election" title="April 1917 Belfast South by-election">Belfast South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Ealing_by-election" title="1917 Ealing by-election">Ealing</a></li> <li>May: <a href="/wiki/1917_South_Longford_by-election" title="1917 South Longford by-election">South Longford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Edinburgh_South_by-election" title="1917 Edinburgh South by-election">Edinburgh South</a></li> <li>June: <a href="/wiki/1917_Epping_by-election" title="1917 Epping by-election">Epping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Henley_by-election" title="1917 Henley by-election">Henley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Liverpool_Abercromby_by-election" title="1917 Liverpool Abercromby by-election">Liverpool Abercromby</a></li> <li>July: <a href="/wiki/July_1917_Belfast_South_by-election" title="July 1917 Belfast South by-election">Belfast South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Fulham_by-election" title="1917 Fulham by-election">Fulham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_South_Dublin_by-election" title="1917 South Dublin by-election">South Dublin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_East_Clare_by-election" title="1917 East Clare by-election">East Clare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_South_Monmouthshire_by-election" title="1917 South Monmouthshire by-election">South Monmouthshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Cambridge_by-election" title="1917 Cambridge by-election">Cambridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Chesterton_by-election" title="1917 Chesterton by-election">Chesterton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Dundee_by-election" title="1917 Dundee by-election">Dundee</a></li> <li>August: <a href="/wiki/1917_Edinburgh_and_St_Andrews_Universities_by-election" title="1917 Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities by-election">Edinburgh & St Andrews Universities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Kilkenny_City_by-election" title="1917 Kilkenny City by-election">Kilkenny City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Norwich_by-election" title="1917 Norwich by-election">Norwich</a></li> <li>October: <a href="/wiki/October_1917_Dublin_University_by-election" title="October 1917 Dublin University by-election">Dublin University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Islington_East_by-election" title="1917 Islington East by-election">Islington East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Spalding_by-election" title="1917 Spalding by-election">Spalding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Basingstoke_by-election" title="1917 Basingstoke by-election">Basingstoke</a></li> <li>November: <a href="/wiki/1917_Salford_North_by-election" title="1917 Salford North by-election">Salford North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_North_Armagh_by-election" title="1917 North Armagh by-election">North Armagh</a></li> <li>December: <a href="/wiki/1917_Wisbech_by-election" title="1917 Wisbech by-election">Wisbech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Southampton_by-election" title="1917 Southampton by-election">Southampton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1918</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>January: <a href="/wiki/1918_Mid_Armagh_by-election" title="1918 Mid Armagh by-election">Mid Armagh</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Prestwich</a></li> <li>February: <a href="/wiki/1918_South_Armagh_by-election" title="1918 South Armagh by-election">South Armagh</a></li> <li>March: <a href="/wiki/1918_Waterford_City_by-election" title="1918 Waterford City by-election">Waterford City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Manchester_South_by-election" title="1918 Manchester South by-election">Manchester South</a></li> <li>April: <a href="/wiki/1918_East_Tyrone_by-election" title="1918 East Tyrone by-election">East Tyrone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Tullamore_by-election" title="1918 Tullamore by-election">Tullamore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Birmingham_West_by-election" class="mw-redirect" title="1918 Birmingham West by-election">Birmingham West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Keighley_by-election" title="1918 Keighley by-election">Keighley</a></li> <li>May: <a href="/wiki/1918_Ross_by-election" title="1918 Ross by-election">Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Exeter_by-election" title="1918 Exeter by-election">Exeter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Newcastle-upon-Tyne_by-election" title="1918 Newcastle-upon-Tyne by-election">Newcastle-upon-Tyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Wansbeck_by-election" title="1918 Wansbeck by-election">Wansbeck</a></li> <li>June: <a href="/wiki/1918_Gravesend_by-election" title="1918 Gravesend by-election">Gravesend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Bridgwater_by-election" title="1918 Bridgwater by-election">Bridgwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_East_Cavan_by-election" title="1918 East Cavan by-election">East Cavan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Clapham_by-election" title="1918 Clapham by-election">Clapham</a></li> <li>July: <a href="/wiki/1918_Finsbury_East_by-election" title="1918 Finsbury East by-election">Finsbury East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Manchester_North_East_by-election" title="1918 Manchester North East by-election">Manchester North East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Fareham_by-election" title="1918 Fareham by-election">Fareham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_East_Grinstead_by-election" title="1918 East Grinstead by-election">East Grinstead</a></li> <li>August: <a href="/wiki/1918_Canterbury_by-election" title="1918 Canterbury by-election">Canterbury</a></li> <li>September: <a href="/wiki/1918_Banbury_by-election" title="1918 Banbury by-election">Banbury</a></li> <li>October: <a href="/wiki/1918_St_George%27s,_Hanover_Square_by-election" title="1918 St George's, Hanover Square by-election">St George's, Hanover Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Bath_by-election" title="1918 Bath by-election">Bath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Mid_Norfolk_by-election" title="1918 Mid Norfolk by-election">Mid Norfolk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Elgin_Burghs_by-election" title="1918 Elgin Burghs by-election">Elgin Burghs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_South_Shields_by-election" title="1918 South Shields by-election">South Shields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_1918_Prestwich_by-election" title="October 1918 Prestwich by-election">Prestwich</a></li> <li>November: <a href="/wiki/1918_Wilton_by-election" title="1918 Wilton by-election">Wilton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dt>Lists of UK by-elections</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1801%E2%80%931806)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1801–1806)">1801–1806</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1806%E2%80%931818)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1806–1818)">1806–1818</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1818%E2%80%931832)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1818–1832)">1818–1832</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1832%E2%80%931847)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1832–1847)">1832–1847</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1847%E2%80%931857)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1847–1857)">1847–1857</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1857%E2%80%931868)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1857–1868)">1857–1868</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1868%E2%80%931885)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1868–1885)">1868–1885</a></dd> <dd><a 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