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