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for the British <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> constituency of the <a href="/wiki/Chesterton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chesterton (UK Parliament constituency)">Chesterton or Western Division of Cambridgeshire</a> on 13 February 1915. </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=1915_Chesterton_by-election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Vacancy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The by-election was caused by the appointment 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>, the Rt. Hon. <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Samuel_Montagu" class="mw-redirect" title="Edwin Samuel Montagu">Edwin Montagu</a> as <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Duchy_of_Lancaster" title="Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster">Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</a> with a seat in the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_(government)" title="Cabinet (government)">Cabinet</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> Under the Parliamentary rules of the day he had to resign and fight a by-election. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Candidates">Candidates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1915_Chesterton_by-election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Montagu was re-selected to fight the seat by his local Liberal Association and as the wartime truce between the political parties was in operation <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> no opposing candidate was nominated against him. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_result">The result</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1915_Chesterton_by-election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The result"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There being no other candidates putting themselves forward Montagu was returned unopposed.<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> </p> <hr /> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Chesterton by-election, 1915 </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/Edwin_Samuel_Montagu" class="mw-redirect" title="Edwin Samuel Montagu">Edwin Samuel Montagu</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>Unopposed </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; 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.reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .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">Chandrika Kaul, <i>Edwin Samuel Montagu</i> in the <i>Oxford Dictionary of National Biography</i> online, 2004-11</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">The Times, 13 February 1915 p5</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">F W S Craig, <i>British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918; Macmillan Press, 1974</i> p227</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=1915_Chesterton_by-election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections">List of United Kingdom by-elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_by-election_records" title="United Kingdom by-election records">United Kingdom by-election records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Chesterton_by-election" title="1916 Chesterton by-election">1916 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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/1911_Arfon_by-election" title="1911 Arfon by-election">Arfon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Cambridge_University_by-election" title="1911 Cambridge University by-election">Cambridge University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Horncastle_by-election" title="1911 Horncastle by-election">Horncastle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Westbury_by-election" title="1911 Westbury by-election">Westbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Forest_of_Dean_by-election" title="1911 Forest of Dean by-election">Forest of Dean</a></li> <li>March: <a href="/wiki/1911_North_East_Lanarkshire_by-election" title="1911 North East Lanarkshire by-election">North East Lanarkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Brentford_by-election" title="1911 Brentford by-election">Brentford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Bootle_by-election" title="1911 Bootle by-election">Bootle</a></li> <li>April: <a href="/wiki/1911_Haddingtonshire_by-election" title="1911 Haddingtonshire by-election">Haddingtonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Cheltenham_by-election" title="1911 Cheltenham by-election">Cheltenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_East_Dorset_by-election" class="mw-redirect" title="1911 East Dorset by-election">East Dorset</a></li> <li>May: <a href="/wiki/1911_Birmingham_South_by-election" title="1911 Birmingham South by-election">Birmingham South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Barnstaple_by-election" title="1911 Barnstaple by-election">Barnstaple</a></li> <li>June: <a href="/wiki/1911_Ross_and_Cromarty_by-election" title="1911 Ross and Cromarty by-election">Ross & Cromarty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Brighton_by-election" title="1911 Brighton by-election">Brighton</a></li> <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 href="/wiki/1911_Hitchin_by-election" title="1911 Hitchin by-election">Hitchin</a></li> <li>December: <a href="/wiki/1911_North_Ayrshire_by-election" title="1911 North Ayrshire by-election">North Ayrshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Govan_by-election" title="1911 Govan by-election">Govan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1912</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/1912_Carmarthen_District_by-election" title="1912 Carmarthen District by-election">Carmarthen District</a></li> <li>February: <a href="/wiki/1912_Edinburgh_East_by-election" title="1912 Edinburgh East by-election">Edinburgh East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Glasgow_St_Rollox_by-election" title="1912 Glasgow St Rollox by-election">Glasgow St Rollox</a></li> <li>March: <a href="/wiki/1912_Manchester_South_by-election" title="1912 Manchester South 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 href="/wiki/1912_Bolton_by-election" title="1912 Bolton by-election">Bolton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Bow_and_Bromley_by-election" title="1912 Bow and Bromley by-election">Bow & Bromley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1913</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/1913_Flint_Boroughs_by-election" title="1913 Flint Boroughs by-election">Flint Boroughs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Londonderry_City_by-election" title="1913 Londonderry City by-election">Londonderry City</a></li> <li>February: <a href="/wiki/1913_East_Waterford_by-election" title="1913 East Waterford by-election">East Waterford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_East_Antrim_by-election" title="1913 East Antrim by-election">East Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Chorley_by-election" title="1913 Chorley by-election">Chorley</a></li> <li>March: <a 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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/January_1918_Prestwich_by-election" title="January 1918 Prestwich by-election">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" 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